Houlder’s clients benefit from a broad range of design, technical assistance, analysis, supervision and advisory services. The company has a proven track record of supporting the building, modifying and maintaining ships, barges, floating storage and regasification units and other gas infrastructure.
Houlder is wholly independent meaning clients – including local and national government – can be confident it is acting entirely on their behalf, whether the task is writing a vessel specification, assessing a yard’s capability, approving plans and design drawings, supervising build work or expert representation during arbitration or in Courts of Law.
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Houlder has a positive industry presence and strong relations with Class Societies. As a result, the team is fully conversant with all relevant LNG Industry Standards, International Rules and Regulations as well as Class requirements.
Houlder is a member of the Society of Gas as Marine Fuel (SGMF) working group “LNG Bunkering: Functional Design Requirements.” The company is committed to standardisation of bunkering manifold connectors and safety requirements for bunkering controls . Consistency in small to mid-scale bunkering operations is key to championing the wider use of LNG as a cost-effective fuel for future shipping. As a founding member of the SGMF, Houlder can justifiably claim to be at the forefront of LNG as fuel developments.
