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CLARK & STANDFIELD LIMITED -
of Scotland, Member of LOBINITZ GROUP OF COMPANIES, comprising SIR J.H.BILLS & CO. L TD, who are advisers to IFC, WORLD BANK, ADS, ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT
BANK etc. has its origins in the mid 191+1 Century when Edwin Clark, who had
already been involved in the design of a number of early hydraulic lift type
floating dock set up a company to built floating docks. The first dock was
constructed in the year 1857 at the Victoria Dock, London.
In the year 1873 John Standfield who had by then already come to prominence for his work in the design & building of pontoon type bridges joined hand
with Edwin Clark, resulting in the now familiar name of Clark & Standfield.
Latimer Clark, brother of Edwin Clark, an Engineer of considerable note,
part responsible for establishing the names of electrical units: OHMS,
FARADS, VOLTS and inventor of the CLARK CELL and also instrumental in the
creation of Institute Of Electrical Engineers, joined the company.
With the advent of iron replacing wood, it became possible for floating
docks to be designed capable of lifting mighty steel structured ship at a
very competitive cost because of its edge over Graving dock in reliability,
mobility & cost effectiveness etc. (as stated hereinafter) and thus it
became increasingly difficult for the Graving docks to remain competitive in
the market of ship repairing.
The continuous success of Clark & Standfield in repairing of ships using
Floating type dry dock soon established this company as the leaders in this
field. In fact Clark & Standfield was mainly responsible for generating the
acceptance and developing the full potential of floating docks.
It was Clark & Standfield only who in the year 1973 provided assistance to
Lloyds Register of Shipping to bring out the 1973 Rules & Regulations for
the construction and classification of Floating Docks.
The success of Clark & Standfield's floating docks and their considerable inventness has led to numerous patent designs and has established the
company as the foremost authority on the design and construction of floating
docks. As on date with a record some 200 floating docks designed and
constructed with a combined total lifting capacity well in excess of 1
million tonnes and with world patent of over a dozen of different types of
floating docks, Clark & Standfield remains THE LEADER and unmatched by any
company IN THE WORLD
BABTY JACOB LTD
Of Scotland, U.K. is the leading technical and management consultancy in
Maritime Industry operating in Europe. Their expertise in the field of
developing & construction of Shipbuilding & Ship repair yards, dry-docks,
harbour & piers matches to none in present days maritime field in Europe.
POSFORD HASKONING LTD
One of the largest Marine Consultancy groups who made marine layout plans
for great shipyards like SEMBA WANG & KEPPEL in SINGAPORE, HYUNDAI in South
Korea.
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