TMC Marine Consultants.

Colin Barker

Naval Architect-Offshore Engineer, Director

• Chartered Engineer
• BEng. Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding with First Class Honours, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
• Department of Transport Master Mariner, Class 1 (Deck), Certificate
• Member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects
• Member of the Offshore Engineering Society

With thirty seven years experience of the shipping/shipbuilding and offshore industries, Colin has extensive knowledge of ship surveying, marine operations and offshore construction. He started his marine career in the Merchant Navy, subsequently joining Lloydís Register as a ship surveyor before moving into the offshore industry in 1990. As a manager and engineer at Saipem UK and Noble Denton, working on platform and subsea construction projects, platform removal, heavy lifting, pipeline bundle installation, FPSO surveys and project cargoes, Colin was engaged in a wide variety of engineering, marine warranty surveying and consultancy for the marine and offshore industries.

Since arriving at TMC as a Consultant Naval Architect in June 1999, Colin has worked on a diversity of shipping and offshore investigations including offshore heavy lifting, ship and barge stability or foundering and hull structural failures.