Outlook Geopolitical concerns, protectionism, and supply chain considerations continue to hamper the ship building sector and this has a consequential impact on design work. Offshore renewables remain a relatively strong sector with new facilities being planned in more extreme locations and this will ultimately shape our infrastructure and design offers. In Defence, nations are stretched dealing with a variety of world events. The urgency of maintaining current stockpiles is inevitably taking the focus away from long- term planning. There is an increasing focus on the trade- off between the number of complex platforms needed against smaller, more agile (and even disposable) platforms. National protectionism of the industrial base may be accelerated and baked into legislation. The publishing of national shipbuilding strategies has provided some certainty but also highlights the challenges of some lean years, with a focus on continuous build rather than design. The desire for green technologies remains a key factor in the sector but there are still no easy choices and the market is confused about which fuel sources will ultimately prevail. Digital and data have become the norm, even at sea, with the threat of cyber and piracy attacks growing. We remain well placed to support our customers as they rise to these challenges. “This repeat order from the Singapore Civil Defence Force represents a significant vote of confidence in the collective capabilities of BMT and Penguin, in particular BMT’s excellence in design and naval architecture for highly-specialised vessels.” James Tham, Managing Director at Penguin International Limited “BMT analysis has helped inform the Government’s consideration of potential measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping ... the Department would highly recommend their work.” Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, Australia “Strategic Marine’s collaboration with BMT is proving successful once again with the latest version of the increasingly popular StratCat 27 CTV. It’s the latest example of how we are working with specialist partners to build ever-expanding fleets of low carbon vessels.” Strategic Marine’s Chief Executive Officer “I do not believe we could have completed this task without the facility of the BMT REMBRANDT simulator. All our trainees remark on the advantage they experience of spending time on the simulator before going ‘live’ on the vessels.” Captain Ian Clark, AFRIN AFNI Head of Marine Operations (Seconded Training and Competency Manager), Woolwich Ferry Transport for London. (left) 25
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