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than the whole of France combined! If the science can be proved objectively then the mathematics should exist to support and explain it. Coltraco is the first company in our field to be able to mathematically prove the contribution to ship safety which developed our range from portable inspection products to semi‐fixed and constant monitoring systems for fire extinguishing systems and structural watertight integrity.
How Coltraco implement their Safeship® mission to resolve the ungoverned space
In becoming a global company, Coltraco Ultrasonics listened to Master Mariners and Marine Engineers to embody their advice and guidance. This created an international commitment to export: Coltraco have now visited nearly 4,000 shipping companies, exporting nearly 90%, operating in 108 countries.
of ships. The Flag States enforce these. The Classification Societies & Port State Control (PSC) inspect these, but it is for the Ship Owners & operators to implement this. Suppliers provide the solutions. Enabling ship owners and managers to deliver a safely‐ operated ship and prevent its detention for non‐compliance, through technology, is Coltraco’s Safeship® mission. Above and beyond regulatory compliance, Coltraco is keen to emphasise the benefits of more frequent inspections, moving towards continuous monitoring.
B ritain’s place in the maritime world
Britain is a nation of thinkers, innovators, engineers, financiers and traders. Exporting our ideas is at the core of who we are, not just of trade but through governance, the justice and legal systems, education. UK leads the creation of standards, such as ISO 14520 which starts its journey with fire industry associations in the UK before being put forward to the EU who generally accept the UK’s proposal and then submit to ISO.
The Royal Navy has a reputation for excellence, leaders of safety. Working closely with the RN is a marker of good standards, precision quality and high customer care. Coltraco works with the RN and its partners, leading commercial fleets and offshore ECPs, improving fire safety and watertight integrity.
Beating competition & recession
Shipping is a cyclical industry, subject to “feast or famine” outcomes. The answer to recession is the same as to competition – “get bet‐ ter and be better”. Continuously improve, invest and develop. Shift one’s thinking from immediate sales to long‐term customer relationships and education of how to improve unsafe practice.
Does the UK truly lead on innovation? Yes, there are more Noble Prize winners from one College at the University of Cambridge
Certain leading British OEMs commit to marketing and business development via exhibitions, speaking at conferences, writing articles, preparing interviews with trade press and a few even have technical papers published by the likes of the Royal Institute of Naval Architects among other. At a more in depth level, exists the opportunity to engage with industry associations, councils and committees which can, if the arguments are captivating for their value and truth, lead to government and regulation level communications. Coltraco engages in all this and now reaching the dizzying heights of the IMO and All Party Parliamentary Groups, not through commercially‐led influence, but through care for the customer, vessel and crew, and with honesty and integrity at their core.
It is also through leading by example of providing the scientific and mathematical principles behind the concepts. Coltraco works with leading universities such as Durham University who awarded their CEO an Honorary Doctorate for his contribution to Physics and student development. Coltraco is a unique example of a British OEM who strives to engage all the elements described above to achieve its Safeship® mission.
Whilst aiming to be a sustainable and profitable company, at the leading technological edge of its core capabilities, Coltraco’s CEO see a day “when we will break‐out of ultrasound and acoustic resonance and supplement these in technologies from radar, light and magnetism. I would like to see us become the “Research & Development hub” for Ship Owners and Managers.
There exists so much “ungoverned space” in shipping, with unnecessary losses of seafarers, vessels and cargoes. Shipping may be very proud of its safety record, but it should do more itself rather than wait for the regulators to impose new standards. Rounding off this examination into the ungovern ed space in shipping, Coltraco’s CEO states: “We remain the global centre of shipping and I wish us to lead that to a new future of Safe Shipping too.”
Dr Carl Stephen Patrick Hunter BA(Dunelm) Hon DSc FRINA FIMarEST MRAeS CEO and Managing Director, Coltraco Ultrasonics
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