4 July 2011
OMC gets AMSA's nod for its UKCM system for Torres StraitThe Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has accepted a web-based real-time Under Keel Clearance Management (UKCM) system developed under contract by OMC International for the waters of Torres Strait and this marks a significant turning point for the company, Founder and Executive Director Dr Terry O’Brien OAM said today. | 
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14 February 2011
OMC enters North American market to improve ship safety
OMC International (OMC) continues to strengthen its global presence by winning its first North American contract, a DUKC® desktop study, for the Columbia River Bar, a treacherous waterway known as the ‘Graveyard of the Pacific’, the company announced today. |
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13 September 2010
OMC’s world-leading DUKC® technology taught at university
Case study examples of OMC International’s Dynamic Under Keel Clearance (DUKC®) technology will be taught at Melbourne’s Swinburne University of Technology next week in a move that could see DUKC® eventually become a standard education tool for future port engineers, says a Swinburne engineering professor.
Professor Alexander Babanin, from Swinburne’s Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences, said this postgraduate port engineering unit, first run last year with the support of Ports Australia, would now be taught every year.
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16 June 2010
New contract puts OMC International in the spotlight – again!OMC International has won a contract to install its Dynamic Under Keel Clearance (DUKC®) management system in Rio Tinto's Western Australian Cape Lambert port, OMC announced today, following the naming of its Founder and Executive Director Dr Terry O’Brien in the Australian Honours List.
This new contract also includes an extension of the existing DUKC® contract for Rio Tinto shipping operations at the port of Dampier.
Cape Lambert is the 21st DUKC® installation for this family-owned maritime engineering firm founded in 1987 by Dr O’Brien, who was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) on Monday for services to the maritime transport
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14 June 2010
OMC International Chief Dr Terry O’Brien receives Australian Honours
Melbourne engineer Dr Terry O’Brien, whose world-leading software navigation technology reduces the risk of ship groundings and saves billions of dollars for the world’s shipping industry, has been awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in today’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List. |
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07 June 2010
OMC wins AMSA's Torres Strait contract
Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has signed-off for OMC International’s under keel clearance management (UKCM) system to be installed in Torres Strait to enhance shipping safety. This signing also marks the launch of OMC’s web-based product, OMC announced today. This release of the Next Generation Dynamic Under Keel Clearance (DUKC®) product suite, DUKC® Series 5, will give authorised users easier access to this system and AMSA will be the first client.
OMC Founder and Executive Director Dr Terry O’Brien said this was an exciting development for his Melbourne-based family-owned specialist maritime engineering firm. |
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04 February 2010
OMC International to open new office in South America
OMC International will open a new office in South America next month in a bid to help make the region’s ports and waterways more efficient and safer by introducing UKC management technology to the shipping industry, particularly for the bulk carriers.
Executive Director Dr Terry O’Brien said Melbourne-based OMC’s award-winning navigation technology could help boost South American trade because it allowed vessels to carry more cargo while ensuring safe navigation through shallow, draught restricted waterways.
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10 August 2009
DUKC® helps Port Hedland set ship loading record
Port Hedland Port Authority (PHPA) has approached OMC International to investigate how its proven DUKC® technology can help the port regularly repeat its recent record of five ships sailing on the one tide, says OMC chief Dr Terry O’Brien.
PHPA grabbed media headlines when it announced that it had sailed five capsize bulk carriers (four BHP Billiton Iron Ore and one Fortescue Metals) on the morning high tide on Friday, June 26, with a combined total cargo of 841,062 tonnes.
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18 May 2009
Port of Melbourne adopts latest DUKC® innovations
Melbourne Maritime engineering firm OMC International has licensed its world-leading navigation technology to the Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) to help ensure the safety of large vessels entering Port Phillip Heads, one of the most challenging waters for ship navigation to be found anywhere on earth.
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16 October 2008
World leading Melbourne technology on show in Europe
Melbourne-based company OMC International will showcase its leading-edge DUKC® technology today (Thursday, October 16) in Portugal as part of a Euro 20million international research project to further boost shipping safety around the world.
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16 September 2008
OMC wins Weipa contract
OMC International has signed a three-year contract with Ports Corporation Queensland (PCQ) to supply its world-leading Dynamic Under Keel Clearance (DUKC®) system at the Rio Tinto Alcan bulk export Port of Weipa in North Queensland.
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7 August 2008
Port Authority uses latest technology in a world-first
Port Hedland Port Authority (PHPA) and OMC International have jointly achieved a world first by successfully using the latest DUKC® VTS technology to assist a large bulk carrier safely transit the main channel once it had been refloated after being grounded at Port Hedland last week.
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30 April 2008
Australian Maritime Company Helps Improve German Port Efficiency
OMC, a leading Melbourne-based maritime engineering company, has won a major contract to customise its unique navigation technology for a German river system.
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8 April 2008
OMC wins Port Kembla Contract
Tidal windows for large import vessels at one of Australia’s fastest growing ports will be expanded by an average of two hours, with the installation of OMC’s Dynamic Under Keel Clearance system at Port Kembla.
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