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52 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ? OCTOBER 2013 The Workboat Edition ? Heavy LiftersspeciÞ cations or requirements. In addition to its T700 platform, Barge Master has also developed the Barge Master T40 com- pensation crane. Developed in partnership with Bosch Rexroth, the system is based on the same principle as the Barge Master T700: roll, pitch and heave are compensated, while surge, sway and yaw are Þ xated. T40 is capable of compensating an offshore knuckle boom/telescopic boom crane with a capacity of 15mT this makes the crane suitable for applications including the servicing of wind turbines or unmanned oil rigs. The T40 can be integrated into a newbuild or retroÞ tted to an ex- isting vessel.The CompanyIn March 2009, Koppert teamed up with Jan-Paul van den Bos to launch the Barge Master company. Now the company?s sole directors sharing general management responsibilities, Koppert and van den Bos each contribute in their respective areas of expertise. Koppert, formerly CEO at Mammoet, holds years of experience in managing installation and construction projects for SMIT and BAM International and oversees technical aspects, while van den Bos utilizes his Þ nancial background from having worked for ExxonMobil and Ernst and Young to manage Þ -nancial, organizational and legal operations. Netherlands-based Barge Master, a relatively small company with 15 employees, has its own team of engineers, drafters, commercial and sales staff. Despite its youth and size, the company is poised for expansion: Barge Master has already secured one contract for each of its systems.Boskalis to Use Barge Master System in Phase 3 of the Malampaya ProjectIn July 2013, Boskalis International awarded Barge Master a contract for employment of the T700 motion compensated platform during phase 3 of the Malampaya project where the sys-tem will be used during the second half of 2014 for the installation of a permanent bridge be-tween a newly installed depletion compression platform (DCP) and an existing shallow water Jan Paul van den Bos Barge Master co-founder and co-director MR #10 (50-57).indd 52MR #10 (50-57).indd 5210/3/2013 4:19:24 PM10/3/2013 4:19:24 PM