We are celebrating the journeys and milestones of colleagues marking their KBS anniversaries. This month, hear from Jason Lamb, who is celebrating six years at KBS.
After more than 40 years of service, the tug berth pontoons in the Tidal Basin have been successfully replaced—marking a major step forward for safety, resilience and future readiness across the waterfront.
We are celebrating the journeys and milestones of colleagues marking their KBS anniversaries. This month, hear from Kelly Turner, who is celebrating four years at KBS.
A major roof replacement at the Telephone Exchange Building at HMNB Portsmouth is helping protect critical defence infrastructure while essential services remain fully operational. Delivered with the Royal Navy and UK MOD, the £1 million project combines specialist scaffolding, a temporary canopy and live-environment working to improve long-term resilience and reduce risk to this mission-critical facility.
Civil works are now underway at Portsmouth Naval Base on a significant infrastructure project being delivered by KBS Maritime on behalf of the Royal Navy, which will provide a new permanent tower crane to support Royal Navy operations.
Mechanical Design Manager, Kamran Mian on delivering a dynamic and vital solution at HMNB Portsmouth through the Removable Keel Blocks Project
KBS Maritime is proud to announce its new partnership with the RNVCC at HMS Excellent, becoming the first organisation ever to sponsor the unit.
We are celebrating the journeys and milestones of colleagues marking their KBS anniversaries. This month, hear from Ben Simpson‑Munro, who is celebrating two years at KBS.
KBS Maritime has begun a major programme of regeneration to 1 Basin and 6 Dock as part of a long‑term project designed to preserve the dock infrastructure
KBS Maritime has reached a major milestone major milestone in the £7 million Removable Keel Support project for Type 45 Dockings at Portsmouth Naval Base
KBS Maritime secures two option years for the FMSP at Portsmouth Naval Base, reinforcing partnerships and delivering operational excellence until 2028.
KBS Maritime upgrades Portsmouth Naval Base’s 33kV substation, delivering enhanced efficiency, resilience and reliability for future operations.
HMNB Portsmouth’s Locks and Docks programme delivers key upgrades at D and B Lock, boosting safety, resilience, and future Royal Navy operational capability
KBS Maritime achieves a milestone with its Removable Keel Support Project, streamlining Type 45 Destroyer maintenance at Portsmouth Naval Base.
KBS Maritime is thrilled to announce a new partnership with STEM Returners, an organisation dedicated to supporting talented professionals returning to careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This collaboration underlines our ongoing commitment to fostering diversity, inclusion, and opportunity.
Inclusion goes beyond mere representation; it encompasses the fundamental belief that every individual has the right to be included regardless of their background, identity or perspective. We hear from Cora Burke, who works in the Supply Chain Team as a Contracts Manager, on what Inclusion Week means to her.
We are looking forward to working with Shaping Portsmouth and actively contributing to the development of the local area through key initiatives, engaging with local businesses and suppliers while fostering employment opportunities and skills development across the city.
We hear from Heather Higgins, Principal Mechanical Design Manager, responsible for leading a team of engineers that specify and deliver mechanical infrastructure projects in Portsmouth Naval Base.
We hear from Vasiliki Kalomoiri, an Asset Design Manager for the buildings within Portsmouth Naval Base. Vasiliki is responsible for the delivery of projects from inception to completion, considering amongst other things the design risks, the Health and Safety and the Net Zero Carbon.
We hear from Sarah Hedges, an Electrical Engineer working within the KBS Maritime Engineering, Assurance & Compliance Team (EnACT) and providing engineering support to KBS and other teams on the base and assuring our customer that the base facilities, plant and equipment are compliant and safe to operate.
KBS Maritime has achieved the Bronze Employer Recognition Scheme for the Armed Forces Covenant. This is a significant milestone in our commitment to supporting those who have served our country.
His Majesty’s Naval Base Portsmouth is home to the two Queen Elizabeth-class (QEC) aircraft carriers and whilst Britain’s largest Naval platforms spend a large amount of time on deployment, the availability, resilience and reliability of shore supplied power when alongside in Portsmouth is key.
Estate and infrastructure are at the heart of everything the Ministry of Defence does. It is the key asset where our people live, work and train, from which they operate and from where they deploy.
Remember HMS Medusa, who we welcomed to HMNB Portsmouth back in February during National Apprenticeship Week?
We’ve been able to give nearly 10 tonnes of old rope a second life – instead of being wasted in landfills or incinerated, it’s being transformed!
The Typhoon 3000 has been on a commercial charter since January with Red7Marine
The semi-submersible jack-up, capable of lifting 3000 tonnes, is making her way to the first commercial contract with Red7Marine supporting Ørsted
The backbone of KBS Maritime’s operations in His Majesty’s Naval Base Portsmouth, is the Waterfront activity, which provides the support to ships. Within the Destroyer/Frigate Centre of Excellence at 14 & 15 Dock, HMS Dauntless has been in dry-dock for the past couple of months for scheduled maintenance.
In early March 2022 KBS Maritime colleagues successfully completed the load in of HMS Ledbury to Ship Hall B utilising the MoD’s recently procured Jack-up Barge (JUB);
KBS Maritime join the Royal Navy and Team Portsmouth partners for a naming ceremony of a new jack up barge at HM Naval Base Portsmouth, attended by First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Ben Key.
The afternoon of 9th December 2021, a day earlier than planned, the KBS Maritime Alongside Services team successfully and safely brought in the Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier at Portsmouth Naval Base.
KBS Maritime today begins work under a new five-year contract to support the Ministry of Defence (MOD) in the enduring delivery of critical projects and services at HM Naval Base Portsmouth.
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