Last week I was lucky enough to join the Department for International Trade’s (DiT) Offshore Wind Supply Chain Mission to Belgium. Through a series of presentations and one-to-one meetings the Mission provided an opportunity to gain insight from Belgian stakeholders into supply chain strategy, procurement process, project timelines and collaboration opportunities. A limited number of the UK delegates, which included JBA Consulting, were also invited to provide elevator pitches on the products and services that they could bring to the Belgium offshore wind sector. The focus of our presentation was our metocean risk management services, delivered through ForeCoast® Marine. Belgium offshore win

I am delighted to be writing this post as the newly appointed Technical Director for JBA Consulting’s Marine and Coastal Risk Management team. I have been brought into the team to help commercialise and grow JBA’s offshore business, with a focus on its proprietary metocean risk management software ForeCoast® Marine. Source: Rampion Offshore Wind Farm To get the ball rolling, I spent last week with my new Marine and Coastal Risk Management colleagues in Skipton, getting up to speed on the impressive variety of work they are involved in. The specialist team of scientists, modellers and engineers work to reduce weather and flood related risks across the UK and internationally. They provide uniq