BMT grows again

HMS Severn is 79.75loa and utilises a double chine hull form which will provide an improved seakeeping performance compared with the curent Island Class ships as well as superior accommodation. The flexible and efficient design is providing VT with export opportunities, including New Zealand where the design has been short listed to fulfil a similar requirement.The UK’s BMT Group has acquired the Dutch provider of specialist marine environmental information services ARGOSS. The two companies have collaborated for many years. ARGOSS provides downtime analysis and feasibility studies, making use of in-house models and databases of waves, winds and tides. It also provides solutions for the mapping and monitoring of water quality, bathymetry and coastal morphology using satellite observations. These services will soon be linked and integrated with existing BMT applications software.