Consulting Services

Regulatory Compliance :: Environmental Stewardship :: Risk and Safety

At 3GA Marine we have experience in every level of vessel design.  From concept design to production engineering to detailed analysis and everything in between.

Regulatory Compliance

3GA can assist in interpreting and implementing regulatory requirements from Convention through Class to Flag state. We have experience with IMO requirements, classification society rules (LR, DnV, ABS), and national regulations (Transport Canada, USCG), including various Asian country requirements. Our work includes:

  • Vessel importation to Canadian flag
  • Regulatory gap analysis
  • Regulatory documentation submission (stability booklets and tonnage measurement)

Environmental Stewardship

3GA provides environmental consulting services through an understanding of environmental legislation and is able to engineer systems for ships to run more efficiently, cleaner, and with smaller footprints on the environment. We have conducted a number of projects that:

  • Develop hazardous material inventory and ship disposal requirement (Hong Kong convention)
  • Assess alternative fuel (LNG) and energy (hybrid electric) projects including Transport Canada sponsored R&D efforts
  • Engineered ship refits for fitment of systems to meet environmental requirements for Ballast water treatment, wastewater (sewage) discharge, and exhaust gas emissions

Risk and Safety

3GA provides risk and safety assessment and solution development for ships, systems, and operations. Our engineers and associates are experienced in ship design and operations and bring product knowledge to tasks for:

  • Risk identification and assessment
  • Safety case development
  • Operational review