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Your vessel can be so much more

Upgrading or converting your vessel is the best way to give a new lease on life and to enhance your fleet in a relatively short time. Our Marine Engineers can work out different options for you. Are you wondering about the possibilities for a second life for your vessel? Discover the possibilities with OSD-IMT.
IMT978 PSV Full Ship Side View after conversion into dredger

Keeping you on the water

Keeping you on the water

  • Conversion for other markets

    Market demands can change, and so can your vessel. Just let us think out of the box for you. We are no magicians but you'd be surprised at the cost-effective possibilities conversions have to offer. Lengthening, widening, heightening, new midships, the installation of new equipment; we have done it before and are happy to share our experience with you.

  • Refit as a solid investment

    You can have several reasons to upgrade parts of your ship. We have the experience to guide you through the process. Whether it be upgrading design and classification drawings for classification or upgrading the accommodation deck house, a new thruster installation, machinery installation modifications and rerouted piping systems or anything else. We can help you increase the lifespan and performance of your fleet.

Keeping you on the water

  • We reinvent your ship

    Conversion for other markets

    Market demands can change, and so can your vessel. Just let us think out of the box for you. We are no magicians but you'd be surprised at the cost-effective possibilities conversions have to offer. Lengthening, widening, heightening, new midships, the installation of new equipment; we have done it before and are happy to share our experience with you.
  • We keep you on the water

    Refit as a solid investment

    You can have several reasons to upgrade parts of your ship. We have the experience to guide you through the process. Whether it be upgrading design and classification drawings for classification or upgrading the accommodation deck house, a new thruster installation, machinery installation modifications and rerouted piping systems or anything else. We can help you increase the lifespan and performance of your fleet.

Why Choose Us

  • Experienced professionals

  • Let us guide you to new market value

    We offer customised conversions and upgrades of existing ships. We cover the process from initial idea to drawing. The best way to reinvent an existing vessel and further complete your fleet in a relatively short time. Rely on our broad experience and let us help you give your vessel a new lease of life.
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  • Experienced professionals
    We offer customised conversions and upgrades of existing ships. We cover the process from initial idea to drawing. The best way to reinvent an existing vessel and further complete your fleet in a relatively short time. Rely on our broad experience and let us help you give your vessel a new lease of life. Ask your Question

Related articles

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    CONVERSION OF PSV'S INTO DREDGERS FOR THE US AND EUROPEAN MAINTENANCE MARKET

    The OSD-IMT design team, in partnership with Gibbs & Cox, has been investigating the potential for converting redundant PSV tonnage into trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHD) used for the maintenance of navigable waterways. OSD-IMT has carried out a preliminary assessment focusing on the practicalities of PSV/TSHD conversions from a shipyard perspective, taking account of the technical implications on lightship, vessel structure, and stability. Gibbs & Cox, meanwhile, has completed a review of US Coast Guard statutory requirements and other regulations as they apply to the US market, as well as market research into the economic feasibility of such conversions.

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  • We offer design solutions for customized conversions and upgrades of your existing fleet.

    OSD FINDS RIGHT SOLUTION FOR DREDGER CONVERSION

    Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) has extensive experience in ship conversion. One of the latest conversion projects was a dredger conversion for Kendall Brothers.
    OSD was approached by Southampton Marine Services (SMS) on behalf of Kendall Brothers to help in their search for a vessel suitable for converting into an aggregate suction dredger. The main challenge for OSD, which has broad knowledge of dredger design, was finding a vessel with scantlings substantial enough to avoid extensive replacement of main structure.

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  • A buisness case for conversion

    STACKED OSV'S COULD BE CONVERTED TO DREDGERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS SAY

    During a more than three-year slump in oil prices, two designs firms teamed up to look at converting offshore supply vessels to dredges. Operators are seeking ways to repurpose OSVs to generate revenue, according to Virginia-based ship designers and engineers Gibbs & Cox and European designers OSD-IMT.

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