Derrick Barge Cappy News

The Bisso Marine Company, Inc., 700 ton Derrick Barge Cappy Bisso recently loaded out a 220 ton reactor from the M/V Star Fuji to barge in the Port of Mobile, Alabama.

The Bisso Marine Company, Inc., 700 ton Derrick Barge Cappy Bisso recently loaded out a 220 ton reactor from the M/V Star Fuji to barge in the Port of Mobile, Alabama.

Bisso Marine Company, Inc. heavy lift crews recently loaded out a 620 ton booster compression module for the Mad Dog project for British Petroleum. The lift was done by Bisso’s Derrick Barge CAPPY BISSO at the Dolphin Services Fabrication yard in Houma, Louisiana.

Bisso Marine Co. Inc. recently salvaged the overturned R&B Falcon Rig 55. When Bisso salvage crews arrived at the rig, the vessel was at a 72-degree angle on its starboard side with the hull settled into the natural bottom 22 ft. The upper level drill floor penetrated below the mud line 8 ft. After a complete survey of the situation, the salvage plan called for divers to hand-jet 4-ft. wide tunnels beneath the vessel. Next, 100-ft. steel straps were pulled under the vessel and used to upright the rig. Several compartments along the port side were used as leverage, and repairs were made at the deck gunwale along the inside of the Key Way where the well head had breached the hull.