Robert Allan Engineering & Design

Ship Design

Commercial ship design from concept studies through classification approval documentation, production working drawings and procurement support.

Description

Robert Allan Ltd.'s naval architects and marine engineers undertake commercial ship design projects, drawing on more than eight decades of design experience. The firm states that at least one new vessel built to its designs enters service somewhere in the world almost every week.

The business centres on commercial working vessels, with a particular focus on tugboats, and also covers fireboats, research vessels, crewboats, barges, government service vessels such as icebreakers and nav-aids tenders, shallow-draft inland vessels and other specialized craft.

Key features

Initial concept studies
Complete design documentation for contract bidding and Classification Society approval
Production working drawings
Procurement support
CADD technologies throughout the design process

Applications

New construction of tugs and other commercial working vessels for owners, operators and government agencies.

Liquid Mud Barge Charter

USCG-designed and approved liquid mud barges with four compartments and on-board piping and pumps for Grade "D" and "E" nonhazardous drilling fluids.

Other service

Cannes Yachting Festival

Six-day in-water boat show each September in the Vieux Port and Port Canto, Cannes; the 2024 edition showed more than 700 boats of 5 to 45 metres.

Engineering & Design

General Dynamics Mission Systems

Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission System Integration

Open-architecture computing infrastructure and whole-ship electronic integration for the U.S. Navy Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, plus NSM integration and C5I lifecycle support.