BUILDING AWARD WINNING COMMERCIAL VESSELS SINCE 2008
CHRIS HOUGH
General Manager
Chris left home early on and went to sea for a life of adventure. After a successful career as a skipper, engineer and mate he return home to Hervey Bay to start a new company and life ashore: settling on building vessels Chris and Eva purchased their CNC cutting machine and opened a factory.
Chris soon realised though that building just any vessels was not going to be enough and he started to research different types of commercial vessels, while constructing many types of Commercial Aluminium Vessels in their factory.
Now Chris is offering Vessel Management and Marine Surveying services, making BtB Marine the specialised builder for any new or existing project.
Born and raised in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Eva started her career as brand & packaging designer, soon developing concepts for big global brands. After some time traveling outside Europe and across to Australia, she fell in love with the sea and soon went to study at the Maritime College in IJmuiden, the Netherlands where she graduated as Maritime Officer.
After she went and worked as Chief Mate on coastal freighters that took her as far north as the polar circle, east past Istanbul into the Black Sea and also North Africa, still combining this work with her graphic design & concept development.
Today, together with Chris, she working on new vessel development and marketing, next to her roll as Director of the Company.
Capability
• 1x 25m Vessel / year
• 2x 16-18m Vessel / year
• 4x 12m Vessel / year
• 20x 6m Vessel / year
BtB Marine has been developing specialised vessels in close collaboration with Naval Architect Peter Holmes [BEng(Hons) CEng MRINA RPEQ] from Direct Marine Solutions, With Peter’s expert assistance, BtB marine has been developing a range of cost effective aluminium work boats that are able to fulfil clients exacting requirements, while still passing all of the relevant survey requirements Chris soon realised that there was a demand for smaller specialised aluminium workboats and that many available designs would not be able to pass customers requirements in survey.
As each operation is different and requires a customised vessel, BtB Marine offers easy choices for any operator. As an experienced master and mate, respectively Chris & Eva have a real understanding of what the marine operators require, and are able to deliver vessels that are specific to the task, While still being cost efficient to build and run operations are about and can so come to a great operational vessel for the customer. BtB Marine's vessels are cost efficient to build and run.
BtB Marine is also an authorised dealer of Diesel Outboards and promotes these great cost efficient, reliable engines. As BtB Marine strives towards a sustainable vessel industry, these engines are not only powerful and efficient, they also reduce the CO2 emissions of the traditional outboard engines.
KEY PERSONNEL
CHRIS HOUGH
General Manager
Chris left home early on and went to sea for a life of adventure. After a successful career as a skipper, engineer and mate he return home to Australia where he settled on Hervey Bay to start a new company and life ashore: settling on building vessels Chris and Eva purchased their CNC cutting machine and opened a factory.
Chris soon realised though that building just any vessels was not going to be enough and he started to research different types of Commercial Vessels, while constructing many types of Commercial Aluminium Vessels. Chris now has successfully built more than 50 large and small Commercial Vessels.
BtB Marine is now offering Vessel Management and Marine Surveying services, making them the specialised builder for any new or existing project.
the cutting edge
the cutting edge
EVA HOUGH
Managing Director
Born and raised in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Eva started her career as brand & packaging designer, soon developing concepts for big global brands. After some time traveling outside Europe and across to Australia, she fell in love with the sea and soon went to study at the Maritime College in IJmuiden, the Netherlands where she graduated as Maritime Officer.
After she went and worked as Chief Mate on coastal freighters that took her as far north as the polar circle, east past Istanbul into the Black Sea and also North Africa, still combining this work with her graphic design & concept development.
Today, together with Chris, they drive BtB Marine's vessels and is also working on new vessel development, CNC Drafting next to her roll as Director of the Company.
CAPABILITY
• 1x 25m Vessel / year
• 2x 16-18m Vessel / year
• 4x 12m Vessel / year
• 20x 6m Vessel / year
DISCRIMINATORS
• Critical Parts of Vessels are Designed & Manufactured in-house
• Low Volume, High Quality, Cost Effective
• Integration of Diesel Outboards for ‘plug & play’ Long Range Vessels
• Investing heavily in Vessel’s through-life-Cost & Maintenance Assistance
• Product Design • Smart Solutions towards Efficiency
• Integrating OXE & COX Diesel Outboard
• Innovative Thinking • Partner in Marine needs
• Fabrication to Standards AS 4132.2-1993 boat & ship design & construction + AS NZS 1665-2004 welding of aluminium structures • Certified Personnel Certificate III & IV engineering • Quality System and Environmental Policy in place • Members of The International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS) & ACMG
Vision Environment is one of Australia's most recognised environmental monitoring companies in the Australian Pacific region. BtB Marine's designers modified an existing design to meet the client's requirements. With a small crane situated on the aft deck, vessels are able to carry out all duties without crew members being placed in dangerous or overly strenuous situations.
RC Marine (RCM) was formed by Directors Col Andersen and Richard Evans in response to a growing need for purpose-built vessels in Port Curtis, to service the construction industry. Both Directors have extensive experience in the marine industry as qualified Coxswain/Masters and MED working in the industry for over 20 years. BtB has build several vessel, amongst others 12m Fast Landing Craft and 2 Line Handeling Vessels.
CUSTOMERS INCLUDE:
Queensland Government EHP Environment and Heritage Protection is responsible for managing the health of the environment, including waterways, as well as its native plants and animals and biodiversity. BtB Marine won a tender to provide 2x ‘Crocodile Hunting’ vessels in 2C Survey - 5Nm - 4 pers
Neptune Australia provides a complete range of commercial diving and inspection, repair and maintenance to clients in the oil and gas, shipping, defence and marine infrastructure industries. Bases in Perth, Darwin, Dampier and Gladstone. BtB Marine built a suitable Landing Craft for the new Gladstone operations in 2C Survey - 10 persons + max of 3 tonne - or 1C with 25 pax
Gladstone Ports Corporation Limited is working to deliver Central Queensland's wealth to the world. The Port of Gladstone plays a pivotal role in delivering the region's natural resources and finished products to customers worldwide. BtB Marine won a tender to provide an Oil Spill Response vessel in 2D Survey - 6 pers
Solomon Islands Government for constituency North New Georgia, Western Province, Solomon Islands, BtB Marine supplied a Landing Craft to aid in the economical growth of the Island group.