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ROTECH SUBSEA EXPANDS TEAM AND UNVEILS NEW CABLE JET TRENCHER AS IT TOOLS UP FOR GLOBAL EXPANSION
Sector-leading excavation and trenching operator, Rotech Subsea, has announced a number of key appointments and has launched a new next generation jet trenching tool - whilst adding a new boulder grab to its range of capabilities - as it gears up to meet an upsurge in global demand.
2021 HIGHLIGHTS With the order book for 2022 filling up, taking Rotech Subsea’s suite of noncontact Controlled Flow Excavation, Suspended Jet Trenching tools to both new and established markets across the globe, the past 12 months has been one of the busiest periods on record for the company. Here are some of the highlights:
Rotech Subsea Business Development team: Alasdair MacLean, Stephen Cochrane and Kevin Ingram
As it was unveiling its new RS1-3 jet trencher and RSBG boulder grab tools, the Aberdeen-based subsea operator has also added Alasdair MacLean and Kevin Ingram to a new Business Development team headed up by Director of Business Development, Stephen Cochrane. In addition to bolstering its global business development presence, Rotech has made key project engineer, offshore team leader and marketing hires as well as recruiting a new intake of apprentices. Rotech Subsea’s new RS1-3 jet trencher is the latest next generation tool to be developed by the Controlled Flow Excavation (CFE) pioneer. Boasting higher soil cutting capabilities, the new tool has been purpose-built for cable trenching and will consolidate the company’s reputation for being the leader in cable trenching in Europe and beyond. The release comes as Rotech sees demand grow for primary cable scopes of work. The new RSBG spread of equipment - which has already been mobilised to Asia on a route clearance contract - is a boulder removal tool that enhances Rotech’s pre-commissioning offering. “With the latest round of hires we are really well positioned to meet growing global demand for our services,” said Director of Business Development, Stephen Cochrane. “Having listened to the market we have also unveiled two new additions to our suite of tools which helps us better service our client base, particularly in pre-commissioning and commissioning. We already enjoy a hardearned reputation as the go-to for IRM works in the sector. “In addition to the RS1-3 and RSBG, the latter of which has already been deployed to Asia alongside our TRS2 (for a sand wave clearance) and TRS1-LD (for shallow water trenching) jet trenchers, our research and development team are building a new tool specifically for the US market, again to meet client demand.” 2022 is set to be a busy year for Rotech Subsea and its industryleading RS range of trenching and excavation technology, which can deliver deeper, narrower, precision trenches with speeds more than double that of Mass Flow Excavation tools and other methods such as contact trenching systems and ploughs. The subsea contractor’s in-house research, development and engineering team has created a suite of 15 non-contact Controlled Flow Excavation (CFE), Suspended Jet Trenching tools with further game changing enhancements to CFE and related subsea services set to be unveiled.
www.ogv.energy I February 2022
RS2 CFE pipeline trenching and IRM tool being deployed at an OWF
