Gibbs & Cox and OSD-IMT Partner to Offer Commercial Vessel Designs to U.S. Market

ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Gibbs & Cox, Inc., a leading independent naval architecture and marine engineering firm has entered into a strategic agreement with OSD-IMT, a leading international ship designer, to offer producible, capable, and competitive vessel designs to commercial customers in U.S. market. OSD-IMT has a proven portfolio of a wide range of designs including vessels for the offshore, renewable energy, passenger transport, fishing, oceanographic research, and general cargo markets. Over 160 OSD designed vessels are in service worldwide. Under this partnership, G&C and OSD offer an expansive range of designs that are efficient to operate, maintain, and construct.

"We are delighted to enter in this synergistic partnership.  OSD is a recognized leader in commercial vessel design outside of the U.S. with a diversified portfolio of vessels that have been constructed worldwide. Gibbs & Cox has over nine decades of designing vessels in the U.S. with particular experience in detail and production design of vessels constructed at U.S shipyards. The commercial market demands proven vessel designs that are efficient to build, operate, and maintain. Shipyards demand designs that are straightforward to construct based on a design package optimized to their facilities. Together with OSD, we can satisfy these requests to U.S. customers on a broader range of vessel types than before." stated Chris Deegan, President and Chief Executive of Gibbs & Cox, Inc."   

"OSD is very excited about this transatlantic partnership with Gibbs & Cox and we look forward to working with them to deliver competitive and producible designs to the U.S market.  Gibbs & Cox's reputation and knowledge of the U.S. market complements our own capabilities and experience demonstrated in markets outside of the U.S.  Further, as the largest independent U.S. naval architectural firm, Gibbs & Cox offers the resource depth and processes to competitively execute any size project on-schedule." said Neil Patterson, Managing Director of OSD-IMT.

Gibbs & Cox will be exhibiting at this year's International Workboat Show, Booth #321 and will be co-presenting with OSD-IMT during the Shipyard Conference Program. If you would like to arrange a meeting, please contact Mark Masor at 504-265-8316, [email protected] or Geoff Dean at [email protected]

About Gibbs & Cox, Inc. 

Gibbs & Cox is a global leader in maritime engineering and design, with nearly 7,000 vessels built to our designs since 1929. Gibbs & Cox supports commercial and military clients in the U.S. and internationally across all phases of marine design, construction, and lifecycle management.  Independent and privately held, Gibbs & Cox is headquartered in Arlington, VA, with offices in New Orleans, LA; Chesapeake and Newport News, VA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA and Yarralumla, ACT, Australia.

About OSD-IMT

OSD-IMT Limited is a member of the Offshore Ship Designers Group which is an independent and privately owned ship design and consultancy provider.  OSD-IMT specializes in the new build design, ship conversion design and consultancy for a wide range of vessel types including vessels for the offshore, renewable energy, passenger transport, fishing and general cargo markets.

OSD-IMT originates from IMT Marine Consultants, which has been operating since 1989.  IMT Marine consultants joined the Offshore Ship Designers group in 2007 to strengthen its resources and provide a truly international service. OSD Group is headquartered in The Netherlands with OSD-IMT offices in Scotland, England and Singapore, and an OSD (Holland) office in The Netherlands.

SOURCE Gibbs & Cox, Inc

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