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Alnmaritec
Open Wimbourne
Quay Repair
Centre
Alnmaritec, based in Northumberland,
is best known for the design and build
of commercial workboats. Recently
the company officially launched its
new Wimbourne Quay Repair Centre at
the historic Port of Blyth site.
Services to clients
With 150m of berths/quayside frontage
and over 100,000 square feet of covered
workshops the new repair centre is in
a position to provide services to a wide
variety of clients, as Managing Director
Chris Millman explains, “Alnmaritec has a
reputation for providing high quality new
build workboats but we can also utilise
the enormous depth of expertise within
our workforce to undertake all types of
boat repair projects. We have over 120
highly skilled craftsmen with the ability to
deal with all aspects of maintenance, refit
and repair.”
Global services
However it’s not just at the 5 acre Blyth
site that Alnmaritec provide these repair
services. Mr. Millman said “we support
clients and their projects all over the
world in terms of maintenance and
repair. As an example we’ve had men
working in West Africa continuously for
the last four months on various projects
for different clients. We’re happy to
provide these services wherever the
client needs them, not just at our own
facility.”
Facility features
At that facility however there are a number
of impressive features, from the 100 tonne
boat crane to the paint facilities and the
mechanical and electrical workshops. All
of which is designed to ensure that any
client, from a fisherman with one boat to a
multi-national with a large fleet, can expect
the same highest quality service from the
Alnmaritec team.
Alnmaritec
www.alnmaritec.co.uk
First apprenticeship at Tidal Transit
With apprenticeships and careers in
the UK’s rapidly expanding offshore
wind industry currently high on the
national training agenda, Tidal Transit
is pleased to have been able to take
on its first young apprentice.
Kerry Crompton, who is from Docking,
Norfolk joined the company recently to
undertake an 18 month apprenticeship in
Administration. Her training will be totally
work-placed based, although staff from
the College of West Anglia in Kings Lynn
will undertake a regular assessment of her
personal progress through specific task
allocations.
Kerry will undertake a wide variety of
tasks across Tidal Transit’s spectrum
of operations; she is currently helping
manage the company’s Norfolk fishing trips
activities. In her leisure time Kerry likes to
play netball and socialise with her friends.
company, and in welcoming Kerry to
the company Commercial Director Leo
Hambro said: “Like many of today’s
young people, I believe that Kerry has
the personal attributes to succeed in
this dynamic offshore renewable energy
industry. She is on a steep learning
curve, but with the support of The
College of West Anglia and the team
here at Tidal Transit I am confident that
she will make a great success of this
apprenticeship.”
Leo added: “I hope this is the first of a
number of apprenticeship opportunities
that we shall be able to offer to North
Norfolk’s young people.”
Tidal Transit Limited
www.tidal-transit.com
Continued growth
The continued growth in demand from
offshore wind farm developers and
contractors to charter Tidal Transit’s
state-of-the-art personnel transfer vessels
has created rapid growth for this young
Kerry Crompton
and Leo Hambro
www.windenergynetwork.co.uk
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