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Floating Docks – Past, Present, Future
25 September 2018 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Speaker: David Westmore, MD, Lobnitz Marine Holdings Limited
David Westmore will present a fascinating history of the development of floating docks from their early beginnings to the modern goliaths of today. He will explore the different types and how changing technology and ships have influenced their design and what the future holds.
David is a Naval Architect. He studied Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne graduating in 1976. He has worked for 35 years with Clark & Standfield, a subsidiary of the Lobnitz Marine Group. Clark & Standfield is one of the
leading experts in the design of floating docks having designed, since formed in 1873, more than 200 floating docks ranging in lift capacity from 300 to 110,000 tonnes including some 60 Admiralty floating docks.
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