Subsea Operations Vessel Gets Vital Certificate
Hallin Marine Australia's Subsea Operations Vessel (SOV) 'Windermere' obtains NOPSEMA Safety Case certification. The National Offshore Petroleum Safety & Environmental Management Authority's (NOPSEMA) Safety Case acceptance enables the vessel to operate in Australian Commonwealth waters carrying out subsea (diving and ROV) and offshore support operations in circumstances where a Vessel Safety Case is a pre requisite. The Windermere also has Safety Case approval from the Western…
Hallin Marine Undertakes IRM Project
Hallin Marine has commenced a large-scale inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) project off the Malaysian peninsula. The contract centers on the oil rig Cendor MOPU which is undergoing an American Bureau of Shipping UWILD underwater survey for a second year in succession. Hallin is providing saturation diving, cleaning, inspection and reporting services. "Demand for marine-support services in Malaysia is steadily increasing," said Rik Zwinkels, Managing Director, Hallin East Division.
Smit Plans Heaviest Ever Sheerlegs Lift
The 3,200 tonnes lift capacity Asian Hercules II returned to Norway in June to provide additional heavy lift assistance during the decommissioning of the Maureen platform. During March, the big sheerlegs lifted, transported and landed 11 Maureen platform modules at Aker Maritime's Stord facility over a two-week period. For the second visit, Asian Hercules II arrived at Stord on June 22. The scope of work involved three lifts, including a 600 tonnes conductor frame and two lattice frames, weighing 2,950 tonnes each. The latter will be the biggest single lifts ever executed by a SMIT sheerlegs. This breaks the December 2001 record, when Asian Hercules II lifted a 2,800 tonnes drilling module for ExxonMobil's Ringhorne platform.
SMIT Provides Heavy Lift Support
SMIT's Taklift 7 called at Thyssen NordSee Werke (TNSW) in Emden, Germany, to perform a series of lifts. The 1,200 tonnes lift capacity sheerlegs was booked to install a 600 tonnes deckhouse and a funnel for a container vessel newbuilding. Taklift 7 arrived in Emden following a mobilisation voyage from Rotterdam. The deckhouse was fabricated at TNSW and delivered to the quay, close to the newbuilding's hull. Taklift 7, using a flyjib and spreader arrangement, then lifted and installed the elements. On completion of the lifts, over a two-day period, Taklift 7 headed for Rotterdam to install a crane on behalf of Nelcon Cranes.The Emden visit formed part of a rolling contract, requiring SMIT to call at the yard at quarterly intervals to assist in the outfitting of newbuildings.
