Newbuilding site supervision
Full site management from the first steel cut to delivery: hull and outfitting inspections, welding and coating surveys, machinery installation, commissioning and the yard's quality system.
Newbuilding supervision and marine engineering consultancy
Your eyes and ears at the shipyard.
Seahorse Marine Engineering Consultants supervises the construction of tankers, gas carriers and bulk carriers at shipyards in China. We represent owners on site from steel cutting to delivery, so the vessel you take over is the vessel you contracted for.
Since 1999supervising newbuildings in China
65+ vesselssupervised from keel to delivery
China officeWuxi office, site teams at the yard
UK and China basedWuxi office, UK-based team
What we do
We provide the owner's site team. Our supervisors sit in the yard every day, attend inspections and tests, review the drawings, and keep the owner informed with clear, factual reporting.
Plan approval and drawing review
Systematic review of yard and maker drawings against the specification, class rules and flag requirements, with comment sheets tracked to close-out.
Sea trials and delivery
Structured trial programmes, attendance at dock and sea trials, punch list management and preparation of the delivery documentation and crew familiarisation package.
Project management and reporting
Milestone planning, progress monitoring, weekly and monthly owner reports, and management of the interface between owner, yard, class and makers.
Technical consultancy
Specification review before contract signing, yard assessment visits, pre-purchase and condition inspections, and independent engineering advice.
Vessel types
Chemical and product tankers, including stainless steel cargo systems; LPG and LEG carriers; crude oil tankers up to VLCC size; and bulk carriers.
Experience that comes from the engine room
Seahorse MEC was founded by Martin Adams, a Chief Engineer with more than twenty years at sea before moving ashore into newbuilding supervision. He has worked in newbuilding in China since 1999, leading owner's site teams at shipyards from Shanghai to Xiamen and delivering gas carriers, chemical tankers, crude carriers and bulk carriers.
That background matters. A supervisor who has run the machinery at sea knows which details cause trouble five years after delivery, and insists that they are put right while the ship is still in the yard.
Current programme
Principal Site Manager for a series of six 41,000 DWT chemical and oil tankers under construction at Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry for German Tanker Shipping, Bremen. Four vessels have been delivered, the fifth has completed sea trials and the sixth is in the final stages of build.
Recent programmes
- Stainless steel chemical tankers of 3,600 to 8,000 DWT at the Yangzhou yards on the Yangtze River, including LNG dual fuel and Ice Class 1A designs.
- Ultramax and Capesize bulk carriers at COSCO Yangzhou and SWS Changxing, and a series of five VLCCs at Jinhaiwan.
The full reference list is below. Vessel names and IMO numbers are available on request.
Newbuilding reference list
Programmes on which Martin Adams has led or served in the owner's site team since 1999, most recent first.
| Years | Vessels | Shipyard | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 – present | 6 × 41,000 DWT MR chemical and oil tankers | Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry | German Tanker Shipping |
| 2022 – 2024 | 4 × 6,600 DWT stainless steel chemical tankers, LNG dual fuel, Ice 1A | China Merchants Jinling (Yangzhou) Dingheng | E&S Tankers (Essberger) |
| 2020 – 2022 | 6 × 3,600 DWT stainless steel chemical tankers | China Merchants Jinling (Yangzhou) Dingheng | GEFO |
| 2019 – 2021 | 2 × 7,000 DWT stainless steel chemical tankers, Ice 1A, LNG dual fuel | China Merchants Jinling (Yangzhou) Dingheng | GEFO |
| 2019 – 2020 | 3 × 64,000 DWT Ultramax bulk carriers | COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry, Yangzhou | Union Maritime, UK |
| 2017 – 2019 | 2 × 7,999 DWT chemical tankers, Ice 1A | AVIC Dingheng, Yangzhou | Sirius Shipping |
| 2015 – 2017 | 2 × 208,000 DWT Capesize bulk carriers | COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry, Yangzhou | TRF, Norway |
| 2014 – 2016 | 1 × 35,000 DWT Handysize bulk carrier | Jiangdong Shipyard | Graig, UK |
| 2014 – 2015 | 3 × 180,000 DWT Capesize bulk carriers | SWS Changxing, Shanghai | Japanese owner |
| 2013 | 5 × 320,000 DWT VLCCs | Jinhaiwan Shipyard, Zhoushan | HNA Group / GC Tankers |
| 2005 – 2013 | 18 × 76,000 DWT Panamax bulk carriers and 10 × 157,000 DWT Suezmax tankers | Jiangsu Rongsheng Heavy Industries | Minsheng Financial Leasing |
| 2009 – 2010 | 2 × 57,000 DWT Dolphin bulk carriers | Jiangsu Hantong | Campbell Shipping |
| 2008 – 2009 | 1 × 57,000 DWT Dolphin bulk carrier | Yangzhou Guoyu | Bibby Line |
| 2006 – 2007 | 3 × 73,000 DWT LR1 product tankers | New Century, Jingjiang | MMS, Greece |
| 2002 – 2004 | 2 × 22,000 m³ LPG and ammonia carriers | STX Shipbuilding, South Korea | Qatar Shipping |
| 2001 – 2002 | 2 × LEG carriers | Qiuxin Shipyard, Shanghai | Dorchester Maritime / Schulte |
| 1999 – 2001 | 5 × 22,000 m³ LEG carriers | Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai | Navigator Gas / Dorchester Maritime |
Where we are
We work where the ships are built. Our China office is in Wuxi, within easy reach of the Yangtze River and coastal shipyards, and part of our team is based in the United Kingdom.
China office
Seahorse Marine Engineering ConsultantsRoom 404, Building 5
28 Chongning Road, Liangxi District
Wuxi, Jiangsu 214000
People's Republic of China 无锡市梁溪区崇宁路28号5栋404室 邮政编码 214000 Open in Google Maps
United Kingdom
Seahorse Marine Engineering ConsultantsNorwich, Norfolk
United Kingdom
Part of our team is UK based. Please use the contact details below for all enquiries.
Site teams are currently active at Xiamen Shipyard, Fujian Province. We travel to any yard in China, South Korea or Japan as the project requires.
Contact
Tell us about your project, the yard and the timeline. We reply within one working day.
Emailinfo@seahorsemec.com
Telephone (China)+86 199 5274 0214
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