First Pile Lift at Belmont Desal Project
Lifting of the first 54.5-metre long, 134-tonne, pile from the barge NBB Hope by the Jack-up barge MCD 914 for the Belmont Desalination plant project off Newcastle, NSW. IMC Naval Architects has undertaken a…
IMC Naval Architects (IMC) is an independent Australian naval architecture and marine engineering consultancy servicing the global commercial, private and defence sectors. Headquartered in Fremantle, Australia since 1994, IMC provides ship design, vessel modification & conversion, naval architecture, offshore engineering, and acquisition management services. Independent of shipyards and OEMs, advice is free of third-party influence with services backed by a team of experienced Naval Architects operating to ISO 9001:2000 QMS utilising the latest digital design tools.

Working in concert with clients, IMC ensures a clear understanding of operational objectives before combining the skills and experience of all parties to optimise vessel design solutions. From requirements definition through concept development, detailed structural and systems engineering and shipyard production requirements, IMC is able to scale design cycle deliverables to project needs.
Drawing on its comprehensive newbuilding design capability, and with experience and expertise across marine sectors and regulatory regimes, IMC is also able to offer project-related vessel modifications through to full vessel conversions to unlock value in existing marine assets.
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IMC supports commercial and government vessel operators with its technical and commercial expertise ensuring requirements and budgets are effectively and efficiently translated into successful operational capability. Working across the full range of vessel types and work scopes, IMC offers services in support of the following project phases;
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Lifting of the first 54.5-metre long, 134-tonne, pile from the barge NBB Hope by the Jack-up barge MCD 914 for the Belmont Desalination plant project off Newcastle, NSW. IMC Naval Architects has undertaken a…
IMC Naval Architects Managing Director Justin McPherson attended the keel laying ceremony at Song Thu Shipyard in Da Nang, Vietnam for the 80-metre DP2 Submarine Emergency Response vessel which IMC has designed for the…
IMC Naval Architects has provided a full design package to allow construction of a 24-metre long, shallow draft, river maintenance vessel for the owner, Waikato Regional Council. The vessel will be used in the…
Serco ASPAC has showcased the IMC Naval Architects concept design for the LAND8710 LMV-H at Indo Pacific 2023 Maritime Exposition which has just finished in Sydney.
The Chilean Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture 30.8 metre inshore oceanographic and fisheries research vessel, DRA Barbieri, has been launched at ASENAV shipyard in Chile. The vessel design was undertaken by IMC Naval Architects…
McConnell Dowell Constructors have installed the 12 IMC-designed barges end-to-end across the River Derwent at Bridgewater, in Hobart. The barges are to be used in the construction of a new bridge across the river.…