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Trade Fair Season in Full Swing

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HELLO TO YOU ALL AND WELCOME TO THIS ISSUE OF OFFSHORE INDUSTRY. FIRST LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF: MY NAME IS TOM DIETVORST AND I AM VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT I’M THE NEW ACCOUNT MANAGER/SALES representative for this magazine. During the last nine years I have been working as an account manager in the publishing industry and this has made me more than familiar (if I may say so myself) with the written media, editorial contents, advertisements, communication and marketing strategies.

The Offshore Industry that’s now lying in front of you deals, of course, with the upcoming Offshore Energy 2015 Exhibition & Conference in the Amsterdam RAI. You will find a lot of information about the OE2015 event’s contents and exhibitors, several of which will get special attention through their company profiles. And we certainly haven’t forgotten about Offshore WIND 2015, which will be held one day before OE2015 at the same location. Hopefully this information will make it a little easier for you to find your way around this very important trade fair, which will once again be bigger than ever. If you’d like to find out more about Yellow & Finch Publishers, please drop by our booth (number 10.009) and get in touch with myself or with one of my colleagues – we’ll be more than happy to discuss your marketing and publication strategies as well as your editorial issues.

Further is this issue we offer you previews and backgrounds of Europort Exhibition 2015 in Rotterdam and of the Offshore Technology Days 2015 in Stavanger, two important fair trades in the offshore business. Further, our contributing maritime lawyer Gijs Noordam shines his light on a legal battle that was waged in court between Greenpeace and an oil company about the latter’s drilling operations in the Arctic – a controversial item indeed. Then we have some interesting items about the upcoming cooperation between DBR and Bredenoort, about DBR’s involvement in the prestigious ONE P11 Project, and about crane manufacturer TTS NMF on how they conduct their FAT procedure.

Our ship report discusses the Siemens SOV Estvagt Froude, and we’ll have a look at the recent sail-away from Vlissingen of Heerema’s Gina Krog giant jacket, which we discussed in our previous issues. And last but not least, you’ll find some newsworthy articles on Delta Marine and Aluminium Marine Consultants, among other things.

Enjoy the issue and I look forward to meeting you at Offshore Energy 2015 in Amsterdam.

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14 Offshore Energy 2015 – Preview & Overview

25 Offshore WIND 2015 – The Rise Of The Renewables

47 Offshore Technology Days 2015 – What To Expect In Stavanger 55 Europort 2015: A Preview – What’s Cooking This Year?

FABRICATION & ENGINEERING

28 Merford – The Philosophy Behind A Fair Operator Cabin 43 Highly Prestigious & Truly Innovative –

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51 Quality Counts – AMC Boosts Production

SHIP REPORT

34 Esvagt Froude – Green Vessel In Orange Coat

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HEAVY LIFTING & TRANSPORTATION

40 Gina Krog – Heerema’s Biggest Launch Jacket Sets Sail 62 TTS NMF Offshore Cranes – Ready For Use

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48 Bredenoort’s New Rental Fleet – Bredenoort And DBR Combine Power

59 ATPI Griffinstone – When Travel Is Critical

OFFSHORE WIND SUPPORT

56 Whalsa Lass – A Windfarm Winner

MARITIME LAW

66 Icy Oil – How Far To Go In Court?

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On the Cover During its first commercial application, the newly developed Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT) of CAPE Holland has successfully installed four piles in up to 90-metre water depth. The VLT was used as a stabbing tool to install four piles in one sequence to stable depth through a template without any tool change.

Negating the need for a tool change meant it was possible to install all four piles in just one 12-hour shift to the predicted penetration depths, which resulted in a significant time saving. Photo courtesy of CAPE Holland.

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PONTOON-CRANE capacity: 200 ton at 25 m; 50 ton at 50 m

SPECIAL STRADDLE TRANSPORTER ON TYRES Capacity: 320 ton

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CABLE REELS INSTALLED ON CABLE-LAYING SHIPS Capacity: 700 ton/each

TAILOR-MADE EQUIPMENT SPECIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT FOR CABLE BOBBINS Capacity: 125 ton

PULLING WINCHES Capacity: 30 ton direct pull

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Holmatro Skidding System: Horizontal movement of heavy loads in limited surroundings Holmatro has developed a modular skidding system for the transportation, placement and installation of a transformer.

The principle of the system is that relatively little power is needed to move heavy loads horizontally. A double-acting hydraulic cylinder was fitted in the push/pull unit of the skid-set.

Holmatro’s Skidding System is extremely user-friendly and consists of a set of tracks, beams and push-pull units. The system can be expanded easily to adapt to each specific job.

The tracks are equipped with special low-friction PTFE sliding pads allowing the beams glide through more easily. The

heavy load is placed on the beams that are secured to the push-pull units. Because of the wings on the push-pull units, the system is able to push and pull heavy loads in a safe and controlled manner over the track.

Switching to the opposite direction can be achieved in seconds. The double-acting cylinders attached to the pushpull units are connected to a hydraulic pump by hoses. The pump has two identical flows (oil output) for a synchronized operation.

Holmatro is showing their Skidding System and other Industrial Solutions at the Offshore Energy 15, booth 10.080.

O&M crew transfer contract for CWind CWind, a leading provider of integrated services to the wind industry, has recently announced that it has won a three-year contract to supply crew transfer services during the operations and maintenance (O&M) phase at Gunfleet Sands offshore windfarm (OWF) off the coast of Essex, UK. The CWind Challenger will be transferring technicians and equipment to the windfarm for the next three years. Gunfleet Sands OWF has the option to extend this contract for up to two years. CWind Challenger will be operating from Brightlingsea in Essex, which is where the vessel was built and launched in 2013.

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Our extensive knowledge and expertise is the reason why companies rely on us for their Mission Critical Travel™.

With consultants operating 24/7 in over 100 key locations, ATPI Griffinstone consistently delivers a cost effective, flexible and safety focused service.

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NEWS IN BRIEF

CUTTING-TOOL SPECIALIST WEBTOOL HAS DEVELOPED AN EMERGENCY DISCONNECTION TOOL (EDT) FOR SUBSEA INTERVENTION SYSTEMS. THE WEBTOOL EDT ENABLES RAPID CUTTING OF UMBILICAL MULTIPLE FLUID TRANSFER JUMPERS, ELECTRICAL LINES AND TENSION WIRE, IN THE EVENT THE DP SURFACE VESSEL DRIFTS OFF-STATION. READ MORE IN THE OUTFITTERS PAGES ON PAGE 71.

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Hillebrand delivers another high-grade construction offshore tool The pile gripper tool and HSD frame is a complex steel construction and contains a highly advanced hydraulic system.

It is designed to install monopiles offshore and is delivered including a soundproof net, in order not to disturb nearby sea life when installing the offshore wind monopiles. Further, Hillebrand’s specially trained offshore crew took care of the mobilization of the construction at the harbour of Esbjerg.

Over the last couple of years Hillebrand had proved to be a prominent player in the offshore (wind) branch.

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With its 200-tonne weight and its 32-metre length, the pile gripper tool designed for the Pacific Orca vessel is impressive indeed. Construction company Hillebrand BV from Middelburg in the Netherlands manufactured this offshore wind equipment tool in less than three months for client Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems GmbH of Hamburg.

Hillebrand’s workscope included all the stages of the manufacture: workshop drawings, procurement, construction, coating, testing (FAT and SAT), transport to the harbour of Esbjerg (Denmark), and installing the steel structure on the Pacific Orca.

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During its first commercial application, the newly developed Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT) of CAPE Holland has successfully installed four piles in up to 90-metre water depth. This installation is part of the pre-piling project for the Culzean Wellhead Platform jacket that will be installed in 2016. The VLT was used as a stabbing tool to install all four piles in one sequence to stable depth through a template without any tool change. Negating the need for a tool change meant it was possible to install all four piles in just one 12-hour shift to the predicted penetration depths, which resulted in a significant time saving.

Havyard restructuring to stay profitable Havyard Group ASA is taking further measures to adapt to the market situation and maintain the Group’s profitability. All business areas in Havyard Group have been affected to a certain degree by the general downturn in the market in the oil industry. The Group has been working on rationalisation and restructuring in order to adapt to the new framework conditions. As a result of recent market developments and expectations of continuing low demand, the Group is now implementing further measures, including cutting the workforce by around 100 full-time equivalents. These job cuts are the result of both rationalisation of the operation of the company and an adjustment of the total production capacity.

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Doedijns, specialist in engineered hydraulic and pneumatic solutions, has recently supplied the complete hydraulic system for a pile gripper frame to Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems. The system has been installed and commissioned and is currently being used to install a total of 72 wind turbine foundations for the Sandbank Offshore Windfarm in the German North Sea. This makes the total amount of installed foundations with the help of a Doedijns system close to 400 foundations. The scope of supply for Doedijns consisted of a containerized hydraulic power unit, control manifolds, complete e-control, piping and tubing, sensors, system flushing, cylinders, hydro motors, two 20-tonne winches and the complete commissioning and installation of the system.

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Reliable partner for efficient offshore solutions

Innovative vessels

Advanced equipment

Life-cycle support

Royal IHC is renowned as a reliable supplier of custom-built ships to meet the specific requirements of the offshore and marine industries. It enjoys a global reputation for the design and construction of complete and complex integrated solutions for the toughest possible working conditions. IHC vessels are totally reliable, efficient and flexible to the demands of a wide range of wind, oil and gas projects, including those managed in extremely deep waters and remote Arctic regions. In addition, with its dedicated and comprehensive service offering, IHC’s life-cycle support maximises the uptime and return on investment, and therefore reduces the total cost of ownership.

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NEWS IN BRIEF Three-year contract for Safe Eurus Prosafe has signed a contract with Petrobras Netherlands B.V. for the provision of the Safe Eurus semi-submersible vessel for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil. The contract starts Q1 2017 with a three-year commitment will be the first for the Safe Eurus, a vessel designed and built to service the Brazilian market. It will be the second Prosafe vessel under charter to Petrobras. The Safe Eurus, a technologically advanced and efficient DP harsh-environment semisubmersible safety and maintenance support vessel, can accommodate up to 500 persons with extensive recreation facilities. With a large-capacity open deck area and telescopic gangway, the Safe Eurus has a 300-tonne lifting capability.

Total value of the contract is circa 164 million US dollars.

Massive dredging work by Jan De Nul Group at Suez Canal

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On 6 August 2015 the new Suez Canal in Egypt was officially opened – a project for which Jan De Nul Group realized one third of all works. The project was a challenge because of its size and of the very tight deadline. In less than one year, about 250 million cubic metres had to be dredged and Jan De Nul Group took care of one third of it. In all, six dredging companies participated in the project divided over two joint ventures. Jan De Nul Group mobilised seven cutter suction dredgers with a total installed diesel power of 134,720 kW. Some 2,000 people were employed, half of them local and the other half European.

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New contract for Cosco Shipping

Upgrade semi-submersible for Stena Drilling

Cosco Shipping Company signed a contract with Shell Offshore on 6 July 2015, for the transportation of the Appomattox semisubmersible offshore platform hull from South Korea to Ingleside, Texas, USA. This contract was awarded as part of an Enterprise frame agreement between Shell and Cosco. Shell’s 41,165-tonne hull will be transported on Cosco’s new-building 98,000-deadweight-tonne vessel Guang Hua Kou. The Guang Hua Kou is currently under construction at the Comec Shipyard in Guangzhou, China, and expected to be delivered into service late 2016.

Keppel Verolme, a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, has secured a contract from repeat customer Stena Drilling. The contract involves the repair and upgrade of the Stena Don, a harsh-environment semisubmersible for Stena Drilling. Part of the workscope for this project is a midlife upgrade for the fourteen-year-old vessel, which includes maintenance and renewal of the drilling equipment and accommodation. The rig will undergo its regular special periodic survey (SPS) as well as maintenance works, thruster overhauls and a painting programme. The rig was docked in Keppel Verolme’s large dry dock No. 7 on 12 August 2015 after the removal of its six thrusters at the deep-water location in the Port of Rotterdam. Work on the project is expected to be completed next October.

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Scaldis is a dynamic, innovative and expanding marine offshore contractor specialized in the transportation and installation of offshore structures with a core business and expertise in heavy lifting. We have earned a reputation as a solid and reliable partner to contractors and clients and provide turnkey and cost-effective solutions for projects with our multi-purpose heavy lift vessels.

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Nami upends Ravn satellite platform

With the sail-away of the Cygnus Alpha Compression Module (ACM) on 20 July 2015, the last of four main structures left Heerema Hartlepool, part of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), after twoand-a-half years of construction. The Cygnus Bravo Wellhead Platform (BWHP) and the Cygnus Alpha Process & Utilities (APU) topside left earlier to the final offshore destination in the southern North Sea. The key infrastructure, the Cygnus Alpha Wellhead Platform (AWHP), sailed in May 2014. Heerema Hartlepool received the frame agreement from operator GDF Suez E&P UK in August 2012 for the construction of three topsides, a compression module with two bridges to connect the three Alpha platforms and a flare tower for the Cygnus field.

Last April Nami Constructions, residing in Ridderkerk, the Netherlands, undertook a spectacular lifting operation in the Rotterdam Waalhaven. One section of the support frame of the Wintershall satellite platform Ravn was lifted into its place by the Matador 2 and 3 of Bonn & Mees and a Hebo dock. This autumn the platform Ravn will be positioned in the North Sea. The Ravn is a satellite platform with three well connections. The platform will carry a helicopter deck, a crane and a temporal facility for accommodation. The eventual production capacity of the Ravn will be more than 4,500 barrels per day.

HMS Offshore A18 Satellite Platform In May 2014 HMS Offshore in Schiedam, the Netherlands, was awarded the contract to handle the detailed engineering, procurement, construction, precommissioning, load-out, transport, installation and hook-up of the A18 satellite offshore platform for Petrobras Transportation BV. The work was completed this September. The jacket (which measures 23x26x60 metres and weighs 1,250 tonnes) and the topside (35x25x20 metres and 950 tonnes) consist of three decks, a helideck and an accommodation area for eight persons. The platform will be installed in the northern section of the Dutch North Sea, circa 300 kilometres north of Den Helder, in a 44-metre water depth.

The gas will be exported via a pipeline HMS OFFSHORE connection to the nearby A12 production BOOTH NO. platform.

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A PREVIEW

Offshore Energy 2015 IN 2015 THE AMSTERDAM RAI WILL ONCE AGAIN BE THE SCENE OF THE ANNUAL OFFSHORE ENERGY EXHIBITION & Conference (OEEC). With over 13,500 offshore professionals and more than 650 exhibiting companies expected it promises to be another great event.

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mixture of business leaders, buyers, investors, engineers and other interested parties within the offshore energy sector will get the opportunity to meet each other in four large halls.

Apart from the exhibition, more than eighty speakers representing some of the biggest players in the offshore energy industry will feature at the conference. With this year’s theme – “Investing in the future of energy” – the conference has all the ingredients of a leading international event covering all facets of today’s offshore energy industry.

Themes

One of the new and very current themes during Offshore Energy 2015 is technical data management. This session will entail a discussion of the effects of poor data quality and how improving data management can lead to less cost and better business decisions in the offshore oil and gas industry.

Further, the conference will be welcoming high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) drilling for the first time. In a technical session the latest developments in HP/HT

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Experience and expertise BOW Terminal

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BOW Terminal, an experienced terminal port specialised in the offshore wind and oil and gas industry, is located in the port of Vlissingen, which is part of Zeeland Seaports. The terminal port with a surface of 25 hectares and a quay length of 525 metres is excellently situated on the North Sea coast at the mouth of the river Scheldt with direct access to open sea. The permanent availability of heavy-lifting facilities makes our terminal a perfect location for heavy-lift cargoes and breakbulk projects. Our terminal is fully operational 24/7. Apart from the quay mentioned above, an additional quay length of 1,400 metres is available for layby or mobilization activities. Health, safety and the environment are priorities for BOW Terminal. Our objectives are simple: no accidents, no injuries, no damage. i. www.bowterminal.nl

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Comprehensive solutions

Busch Vacuum Pumps And Systems

Busch Vacuum Pumps And Systems Busch Vacuum Pumps And Systems is one of the largest family-owned manufacturers of vacuum pumps, blowers and compressors in the world.

Due to its immense line of vacuum pumps, expertise and experience in the building of vacuum systems, and its extensive service network, Busch is capable of providing ideal comprehensive solutions. With 57 companies in 39 countries and sales agents in over 30 countries, we are strategically positioned throughout the world to provide our customers with the essentials for success.

The oil and gas industry is a key market of Busch with customized solutions in various applications. Busch provides consultancy, engineering, contracting, commissioning and the pumps/skids without subcontracting.

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Well-established and rebranded iPS Powerful People

iPS Powerful People in Mexico is a well-established company. We started in 2007 under the name Full Crew but we re-branded in 2015 to iPS Powerful People. In Mexico we have offices in Mexico City and Ciudad del Carmen.

We serve over fifteen national and international clients to offer full service, including recruitment, national and international payroll solutions, logistics, training and victualing. The future of Mexico looks bright with the Energy Reform opening up the Mexican market for foreign investment and operators. Round 1 has been finished and the second of four bids was concluded on 30 September 2015. We are looking forward to meeting you, so come by for a Mexican treat at Stand 11.119A. i. www.ipspowerfulpeople.com

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Meet the people behind Offshore Industry During its nine-year existence Offshore Industry magazine had built up a strong reputation both in offshore oil and gas and in renewables. Yellow & Finch Publishers, owner of the magazine, also produce Shipbuilding Industry and other publications and services. Pay us a visit at Booth 10.009 and discover more about our editorial programme and our services.

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drilling operations will be discussed.

Operators are currently investing in this challenging new game, which is generally seen as offering new potential.

Since new and alternative energy sources could lead to substantial corporate opportunities, they will again be explored in this year’s programme. The special focus will lie on the developments of marine energy and the extensive opportunities to produce substantial amounts of renewable energy. In this issue of Offshore Energy we will elaborate on this interesting topic.

The programme will be completed by subjects such as well intervention vessels, best practices and new vessel designs, and the role of technological innovation in new

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Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2015 and Offshore WIND Conference Dates: OEEC on 13 and 14 October 2015, OWC on 12 October 2015 Venue: Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands (Halls 8, 9, 10 and 11) Organiser: Navingo Maritime & Offshore Media Group

business models as part of cost reductions and export control in oil and gas. Moreover, decommissioning and subsea processing are back on the agenda. OEEC 2015 further offers three special Keynotes where panels from the industry discuss challenges in the field of human resource, oil and gas finance and the industry as a whole.

Offshore WIND Conference

OEEC 2015 has been extended with the one-day Offshore WIND Conference (OWC) 2015. This event will take place on Monday 12 October, also in the Amsterdam RAI. With the theme “Building an industry without borders”, OWC 2015 hopes not to only break down the barriers in legislation but also the mental barriers experienced today, so that people find out how they can promote the growth of the industry. i. www.offshore-energy.biz

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Development of gangways

KENZ CRANES

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Kenz Cranes, part of the Kenz Figee Group, is a well-established name in the design and manufacturing services of cranes and related lifting equipment for the offshore industry. Shortly after designing and selling two 120-tonne knuckle boom cranes, the company is now in charge of the engineering and manufacturing of two telescopic gangways that will be used by Saudi Aramco in the near future. By using in-house facilities for production, testing, commissioning and installation, the company is able to deliver custom-designed offshore lifting equipment on a turnkey basis.

Over 300 Kenz offshore cranes are in operation today, working in the harshest marine environments all over the world. i. www.kenz-figee.com

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Tubes and fittings

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For Paul Meijering Stainless Steel the Offshore Energy Exhibition is always very interesting for the presentation of our company and the products we sell. We have recently extended our stock with seamless tubes and fittings in ASTM A-312 and ASTM A-403. These products are highly resistant to pitting, crevice and general corrosion and are 50% stronger than 300-series austenitic stainless steels. Typical applications are, for example, seawater handling equipment, oil and gas production equipment and flue-gas desulfurization scrubbers. Meet our specialists Ruud van de Mortel and John Molenaar at stand number 9.029 and discover what we can do for your organization. i. www.pmstainlesssteel.com

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Bending tubes and profiles Van Rijsoort Buigwerk

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Van Rijsoort Buigwerk was founded in 1903 and has developed in more than a century into a specialist in bending tubes and profiles. The huge variation in tube diameters, profiles, metals and product shapes means that we can assist you with practically every bent product, the more so if you take our additional expertise into account, including sawing, welding, drilling, milling, galvanising and powder coating. Thanks to our highly qualified personnel, our modern equipment park and a progressive innovation department, Van Rijsoort Buigwerk has been a leading expert for decades. Since October 2013 we have been CE-certified to EXC 4. i. www.rijsoort.nl

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Cranes, lifting beams, winches and special constructions Innovative Input

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Are you looking for a company for the development and construction of heavy-duty equipment? Innovative Input BV in Ridderkerk (the Netherlands) is the No. 1 specialist in conventional and unconventional mechanical engineering constructions. We produce cranes, winches, lifting gear and special equipment of all types and sizes – for offshore, onshore and civil engineering applications. Our company operates worldwide and serves to the needs of dredging companies, shipyards, shipping companies, to name but a few. You can call on us for all your mechanical engineering problems. We will provide a perfect solution, from a concept study all the way to final delivery. All of our products come with the required certification. That is one less worry for you. i. www.innovativeinput.nl

Specialist in professional protective clothing Sioen

Sioen is an international, well-established producer of protective clothing for any working environment, including the most hazardous ones. We are worldwide recognised as one of the leading companies with production plants in fifteen countries. We’re active in more than 80 countries and have more than 50 years’ experience in manufacturing professional protective clothing. Our references are countless: oil and gas extraction, commercial ship transport, maritime pilots, port workers, off shore construction, rescuers and coast guards, defence, government authorities and industrial fishing. On Offshore Energy, we will present our clothing collection specifically developed for working on and around the water.

Please visit us on the Offshore Energy trade show in Amsterdam. You’ll find us in Hall 10, booth number 053. i. www.sioen.com

High-grade offshore construction Constructiebedrijf Hillebrand

Constructiebedrijf Hillebrand BV has been known for years as a reliable partner in high-grade offshore construction. Design, fabrication, coating, assembly and project management are all carried out on our location in Middelburg, the Netherlands. Mobilization and installation are possible both at our own quayside and on your location. Hillebrand has proven its expertise in providing solid and innovative solutions for projects in accordance with the highest quality and safety standards. For long-term or short-term activities, both proactive and hands-on, we are always working according the highest quality and safety standards. We are pleased to welcome you at the Zeeland Seaports stand 10.084 at Offshore Energy 2015. i. www.hillebrand.nu

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WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?

Offshore Energy 2015 AN OVERVIEW

“THE OFFSHORE INDUSTRY IS IN DIRE STRAITS!” THIS IS WHAT WE ALL COULD LEARN FROM THE MEDIA ALL OVER THE WORLD. IN 2015 AND 2016 THE PRICE OF OIL COULD DROP TO AN UNPRECEDENTED LOW OF 50 US DOLLARS per barrel. Oil companies would either freeze or drop existing projects, which would hit offshore contractors hard and deter investors. This potential domino effect would make 2015 a sink-or-swim year. The main focus of Offshore Energy 2015 will be what the future will look like – and especially how the latest developments and opportunities can be improved upon in the most efficient fashion.

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015 will be the eighth consecutive year for the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC), as Offshore Energy 2015 is officially called. For two days more than 13,500 visitors and 650 exhibitors from over eighty different countries will dive into issues surrounding the developments and changes in the oil, gas and energy industries. Recent developments in the offshore industry deserve a range of programmes dedicated to shedding light on those subjects. “During Offshore Energy 2015, we want to update the industry on the various possibilities and innovations available,” says OEEC Manager Ms Femke Perlot-Hoogeveen. “This is also the reason that we have chosen the theme ‘Investing in the future of energy’.”

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Alternative energy sources

This year close attention will be given to the development of new and alternative energy sources that could lead to great corporate opportunities. For instance, marine energy will be explored – energy that can be extracted not only from waves and tides, but also from salinity and temperature differences in the ocean. Ocean water is always in motion, and this can be converted into vast amounts of useable energy. This form of offshore energy is still in its infancy, but it is highly available and has huge potential, not only in terms of cost, but also because this type of energy generation causes less strain on the environment.

Ocean energy offers many possibilities to produce substantial amounts of renewable energy all over the world. One of the technical sessions discusses these developments and the extensive possibilities. Of course there will be plenty of attention paid to oil and gas developments. New conference themes this year include well intervention, technical data management and HP/HT drilling.

Further, decommissioning and subsea processing are back on the agenda.

Growing popularity

Since the first OEEC in 2008, the event has experienced tremendous annual growth.

Because of this continuing popularity it has grown into an exhibition that uses four halls in the Amsterdam RAI and holds conferences with about a hundred speakers, divided into twenty programmes. A large group of national and international industry professionals will present themselves, which has led to a growing interest amongst exhibitors and conference speakers.

The success of Offshore Energy amidst the fluctuating climate of the oil, gas and energy industry may seem illogical, but can be explained. OEEC 2015 provides an important platform to offshore companies, which enables them to show what they have to offer to an international audience. Plus, networking in an environment where the major industry players are present is increasingly necessary, in particular now that the offshore sector is faced with so much uncertainty.

To this can be added that current developments lead to new understanding.

History teaches us that the oil, gas and energy industry has always shown great

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resilience. Oil prices have rarely been stable for long periods of time, and it is remarkable how the industry has maintained its ability to adapt to changes and developments. It is clear that this industry is global and strong.

OEEC 2015 wants to offer insight into these potential changes, tapping into and creating new ideas. And it is exactly this balance between supply and demand which brings interested people to Amsterdam every year.

Conference Advisory Board

For the first time OEEC has established a special Conference Advisory Board. This advisory body is composed of a diverse group of offshore professionals who have at least ten years work experience in the offshore industry and who know how the industry works and develops. The Conference Advisory Board assists the OEEC organization in identifying the key challenges and issues in the offshore sector.

The intention is that the Conference Advisory Board members will serve for no more than two years, ensuring a regular breath of fresh air to guarantee high quality.

Offshore WIND 2015

Together with the new forms of energy that were discussed earlier, wind energy will definitely play a starring role. The 2015 Offshore WIND Conference (OWC) will take place on the day prior to OEEC, i.e. on Monday, 12 October. The total worldwideinstalled wind capacity in 2014 was 7 GW, which is expected to grow to as much as 140 GW in 2040. The coming years will see

the realization of new projects in many new locations. The theme of the sixth annual OWC is ‘Building an industry without borders’ – a theme that hopes to not only break down the barriers in legislation, but also the mental barriers, discovering how people can promote the growth of the industry.

Adjusting and improving

Experts have recently forecast that the 2018 offshore market could rally and become strong again. This is partly due to the expected recovery in oil prices and the subsequent increase in investment. The increasing offshore production of oil and gas and the growing market for offshore wind farms will have a positive impact on the future. However, no matter how positive a prognosis may sound, it is never guaranteed. External factors, such as worldwide political conditions, will always play an important role. In the meantime the sector will have to ask itself time and again important questions, and it is certain that it will be up to the companies in the offshore sector to determine which cuts and adjustments have to be made in order to survive in these uncertain times.

Organizations must continue to focus on improved efficiency, strategic and operational improvements and whether to block or divert expenditure. OEEC 2015 intends to tackle these issues and provide clear answers. i. www.offshore-energy.biz

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OFFSHORE WIND 2015 TAKES A GLOBAL VIEW AT RENEWABLE ENERGY

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THE RENEWABLES ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY (IEA), BECAUSE OF A GROWING WORLD POPULATION, ENERGY DEMAND WILL RISE BY 40 PER CENT IN 2040. AT THE SAME TIME, HOWEVER, THE ENERGY INDUSTRY FACES CHALLENGES WITH A CHANGING CLIMATE, which will require a drastic reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. So, it’s no surprise that renewable energy will be a very important part of the worldwide energy supply. The IEA even reported recently that renewable energy could surpass coal, nuclear power and natural gas as the world’s largest source of electricity within fifteen years. In this light it speaks for itself that Offshore Energy 2015 saves some spots for the developments and innovations in renewable energy.

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lthough it is nothing new for countries and companies to invest in renewable energy, it seems like this alternative form of energy production grows faster than ever.

The European Union for example set themselves a target of a 20 per cent share of renewable energy in 2020 and according to the European Commission’s biennial progress report, it looks like the EU as a whole is going to achieve this.

China

China may be seen as a conservative country, but on clear power it is definitely a force to reckon with. So far the country has spent more than 80 billion US dollars in new renewables generating capacity and has taken a big lead over respectively the EU (USD 46 billion), Japan (USD 37 billion) and the USA (USD 34 billion). The Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Ms Maria Van Der Hoeven, told BBC News: “China is now the largest wind power market in the world. They have increased their power generation from renewables from really nothing ten years ago to 25 per cent now. These are very important signals that China is moving into the right direction.”

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But ahead of them all must be Australia. The Conservation Council of Western Australia recently released a report where they stated that the south of Australia could be powered completely by renewable energy in not more than fifteen years. And even though they set themselves a really challenging target, the report says this is achievable based on extensive modelling of future power needs.

Marine energy

One of the alternative energy sources explored the last couple of years is marine energy – energy that can be extracted not only from waves and tides, but also from salinity and temperature differences in the ocean. Last June Chile signed a declaration to co-finance the local Marine Energy Research & Innovation Centre. It’s the first center of its kind in Latin America and the state will finance 58 percent of the total costs of USD 20 million (EUR 17.6 million).

Chile expects to become a regional and world reference in marine energy, taking advantage of its coastline and tide. Recent developments in the offshore industry also deserve a range of programmes dedicated to shedding light on those subjects.

Offshore Energy 2015 wants to update the industry on the various possibilities and innovations available. That’s why marine energy will be featured in one of the Technical Sessions at the conference.

Offshore WIND 2015

Wind energy is one of the best known forms of renewable energy. The total worldwideinstalled wind capacity in 2014 was 7 GW, which is expected to grow to as much as 140

GW in 2040. The coming years will see the realization of new projects in many new locations. Last year 35 per cent of the companies attending Offshore Energy 2014 were working in the offshore wind industry.

To allow parties to obtain information on several levels of offshore energy, the annual Offshore WIND Conference (OWC) will take place a day prior to Offshore Energy 2015.

The theme of the sixth annual Offshore WIND Conference is ‘Building An Industry Without Borders’. A theme that hopes to not only exceed international borders, but also break down both legal and mental barriers, thereby discovering how people can promote the growth of the industry.

Public opinion

It becomes clearer and clearer for companies in the offshore energy industry that there is a lot to gain in the matter of renewable energy. Royal Dutch Shell CEO Mr Ben Van Beurden recently emphasized the necessity of extending the investments in renewable energy. He said: “In a world where Saudi Arabia has ambitions to become a global power in solar and wind energy, the vision of a long-term future powered in the main by renewables is one none of us can ignore.” He intends to encourage all OPEC members to take the developments in renewable energy more than serious. Mr Van Beurden: “I believe that if we don’t act now, in twenty years’ time global public opinion will be unforgiving.” i. www.offshorewindconference.biz

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THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND A FAIR OPERATOR CABIN

Merford Ready For The Future NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE MAY WANT IT, A COMPLETELY SUSTAINABLE AND CLIMATE-NEUTRAL WORLD IS – FOR THE TIME BEING AT LEAST – FAR OFF INTO THE FUTURE. BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE SHOULD SIMPLY ACCEPT THE CURRENT STATE of affairs. Today a growing number of sustainable initiatives and fair innovations are arising that have an impact on our planet in general, and on the offshore industry in particular. It is Merford’s ambition to contribute to these developments within its own discipline: the operator cabin. The result of this contribution is the Ecocab NEO: a cabin composed of sustainable and environmentally friendly components. In other words, a fair operator cabin.

Sustainable ambitions

It’s evident that the way in which today’s world operates is not sustainable in the long run. For that reason many industries are searching for alternative components for their products and different energy sources.

Wind, solar and tidal energy come to mind here. There is a great deal of focus on innovations – a sign that major changes may be close at hand.

Merford, situated in Gorinchem in the Netherlands, makes a contribution to these initiatives by broadening its horizons when it comes to its own expert product: the crane operator cabin. The company has a reputation to uphold – efficiency, safety and health are the key themes in manufacturing its cabins and components. For example, Merford has developed an ergonomic operator chair that protects the operator’s physical wellbeing from any harm: the Ergoseat. And many of Merford’s cabins are equipped with an industrial climate-control

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system and filter casing, which safeguards the cabin’s interior climate and air quality at all times. Merford’s continuous efforts in improving its product offerings have given the company a leading position in the industry.

In many sectors, for instance the transhipment of containers and bulk in ports, the steel industry or the offshore sector, Merford is regarded as a top supplier of high-quality operator cabins. As a consequence, the development of a fair and sustainable operator cabin was to be expected. Merford’s most important motivation however is the realisation that the world needs initiatives of this kind to truly advance and the company hopes to bring about a change in those industries that lie within its reach.

Ecological operator cabin

The Ecocab NEO cabin was developed on the basis of a crystal-clear philosophy: wherever

sustainable alternatives are feasible and reusable materials are available, this idea must be followed. In 2014 Merford was fully realised that a meaningful change could also be initiated in the production of operator cabins, despite the small scale of this product sector. Marco Kers, Senior Engineer at Merford Cabins, started working on the design of a universal crane cabin, the Ecocab NEO, and started searching for sustainable and reusable materials that make the cabin

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a fair cabin. Although finding sustainable and reusable materials turned out to be far more difficult than expected, preparations were completed in 2015 and the first Ecocab NEO cabin was finished in time to be presented at the Offshore Energy exhibition in Amsterdam.

Healthy working conditions

The wellbeing of the crane operator is a crucial theme in all Merford products, and of course that includes the Ecocab NEO. All

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the cabin’s components do not produce any – or at most minimal – VOC emissions.

Furthermore, the use of hazardous substances such as benzene, lead and PVC has been avoided, which is a great benefit to production workers. Social fairness was a key theme in Merford’s search for and the production of components, from the workers who extract the raw materials to the people who weld the structure and the person sitting inside the cabin. In the future

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Merford will continue to keep a sharp eye on the origin of the components they use and the working conditions of every man and woman in the production process.

A better environment

It may be clear Merford intends to contribute to a world in which the emission of carbon dioxide is kept to an absolute minimum. In this respect major improvements can be made in production, transportation and the processing of waste materials. By continuously searching for progress this ideal is never all that far away and this is why Merford is strongly focused on reducing its CO2 footprint. Nevertheless, so far the principle of recycling and upcycling has not reached every sector to the fullest possible extent and this is something that Merford hopes to achieve with the Ecocab NEO. Many of the materials used for the Ecocab NEO â&#x20AC;&#x201C; such as glass, steel and insulation material â&#x20AC;&#x201C; can be reused for new applications. In addition, Merford is of the opinion that, no matter the limited scale of the industry in which the company operates, there is a future in sustainable energy. This also applies to operator cabins. By

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equipping the cabins with solar cells, electrically driven components can be applied to a significant extent in an environment-conscious way.

Furthermore, by outfitting the cabin with the most energyefficient equipment possible, a considerable reduction in total energy consumption is achieved. To name one example: the electricity consumption is reduced by circa 1,400 watts by using adiabatic cooling, an innovative method of cooling to achieve a friendlier climate.

Offshore Energy 2015

All these aspects have been incorporated into the Ecocab NEO and the cabin can be used in a wide range of crane types. You are cordially invited to take a look at the Merford stand (11.093B) during the Offshore Energy 2015 Exhibition at the Amsterdam RAI to have a close look at the Ecocab NEO and find out more about its background, technology and special characteristics. i. www.merford.com

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GREEN VESSEL IN ORANGE COAT

Esvagt Froude SIEMENS HAS CELEBRATED THE OFFICIAL NAMING OF THE OFFSHORE WIND INDUSTRY’S FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT service operation vessel (SOV) Esvagt Froude. The event took place on 25 June 2015 in cooperation with Esvagt AS, owner of the vessel, in the German city of Rostock.

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Initially the Esvagt Froude had been chartered to Siemens Energy for five years to transport cargo and crew for the construction and operation of the Baltic II offshore wind farm. However, as the farm was not yet finished when the vessel was delivered, the Esvagt Froude has been working on another assignment at Westermost Rough, a farm under construction off the coast of Grimsby in the English sector.

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We have already gained good initial experience in working in heavy winds.

Westermost Rough

“Many of the assignments at Westermost Rough are similar to those we will be working on for Baltic II,” says Ib Hansen, Head of Commercial for Esvagt: “The farm is under construction and we have been busy from day one. It has been really good to practise transferring turbine technicians from ship to WTG with both the walk-towork gangway system and the two safetransfer boats we have on board. We have not yet had the opportunity to test transfer

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methods in very harsh weather but we have already gained good initial experience in working in heavy winds,” he says. The Esvagt Froude has been chartered in for Siemens Wind Power for five years with an option for a further five years.

Design and tank capacities

The Havyard 832 SOV was designed and engineered by Havyard Design & Solutions.

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AMPELMANN BOOTH NO.

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Deck equipment and systems

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draught is 6.5 metres. The deadweight is approximately 4,200 tonnes at maximum draught. The gross tonnage is 5,006 tonnes, whereas net tonnage capacity is 1,502 tonnes. The Esvagt Froude can carry a cargo of up to 2,500 tonnes on deck. With a deck area of up to 900 m², the SOV provides 450 m² of deck space to house workshop facilities and six 20-foot containers for spare parts. Its cargo deck can accommodate standard 20-foot containers for necessary spare parts for wind turbine maintenance.

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Esvagt Froude features an Ampelmann A-type gangway, which is a walk-to-work offshore access system. The gangway allows the on-board technicians to reach wind turbines through a hydraulically stabilised asymmetric bridge, even during wave heights up to 2.5 metres. It has an active and passive roll-damping system for better comfort and gangway operations.

The vessel can be placed close to the wind turbines for easy and safe operations. The state-of-the-art dynamic-positioning system provides better manoeuvrability during the servicing of wind farms. Froude’s high ERNscore (station-keeping capability) allows for operations even in severe climatic conditions.

The Esvagt Froude is fitted with a deck crane having a capacity to carry 2 tonnes at 12-metre outreach and a boat landing ramp at aft to launch a safe transport boat (STB) 12A or catamaran transfer vessels.

Additional facilities include an incinerator and compactor for waste management and a closed-circuit television (CCTV) for monitoring the central areas of operation and the vessel. The A-Lifting company delivered a crane package for the Esvagt Froude. Electrical engineering, automation and alarm systems (including the Havyard Concept Bridge) were delivered by Havyard Power & Systems.

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Accommodation and safety features

Esvagt Froude has sixty single-bed cabins for forty technicians and twenty crewmembers.

The accommodation facilities, including modern cabins, meeting rooms, fitness area and entertainment areas, are located in the superstructure. The walk-to-work gangway system is complemented by STBs, developed at Esvagt’s headquarters in Esbjerg.

An open STB model, the 7B, is also included and can accommodate two crewmembers and three technicians and their equipment.

It also has an enclosed STB model, the 12A, carrying two crewmembers and eight technicians, along with one tonne of cargo.

A standard Esvagt fast-rescue boat is positioned on the deck.

Engine and propulsion

Esvagt Froude is powered by a dieselelectric propulsion system and an advanced DC power system developed by Siemens, Trondheim, Norway. The power plant enables fuel and energy efficiency while providing additional comfort to the crew.

The vessel is also fitted with Siemens’ BlueDrive propulsion system, which reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. The propulsion system includes four diesel generators, each capable of generating 1,650 kW of power. Esvagt Froude includes 1,600kW main azimuth thrusters and

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SPECS TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Owner Esvagt A/S Flag Danish Homeport Esbjerg Built 2015 by Havyard Ship Technology, Norway Design Havyard 832 SOV DIMENSIONS AND SPEED Length o.a.

Breadth Draft (max.)

Deadweight Tonnage Speed

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ENGINE/PROPULSION SYSTEM System diesel electric Siemens Blue Drive Plus Diesel gensets 4 x 1,650 ekW variable speed Propulsion 2 x 1,600 kW Azimuth aft 1 x 880 kW retractable Azimuth fore Thrusters 2 x 880 kW bow thrusters DP AND STATION KEEPING DP2 system Kongsberg as per DNV Class AUTR ERN 99,99,99,98 (2014) CARGO CAPACITY Deck area

300m2 open deck 430m below deck with workshops and capacity for 6 x 20-foot containers climate-controlled storage rooms 2

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a forward thruster generating 700 kW of power. The propulsion system provides a speed of 14.5 knots.

Low fuel consumption

Although the Esvagt Froude has been painted in the familiar orange-red Esvagt colour, their design is entirely green. The goal is low fuel consumption. The vessel is equipped with Siemens BlueDrive Plus system, an innovative and fuel-saving DC direct-current system. With this system, the rotation speed of the vessel’s diesel return current/power varies according to load instead of running at a constant revolution speed, which reduces fuel consumption.

“Our expectations of low fuel consumption have so far been met to the full,” says Kristian Ole Jakobsen, Chief Operating Officer at Esvagt.

“Our environmental approach has been extended beyond the direct current system.

The hull has been energy optimised to such a degree that we have installed LED lights, propulsion units with counter-rotating propellers, control of all thrusters and larger consumers with current converters, recycling of waste heat from the diesel engines for heating in the accommodation

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areas – and more. The feedback we have received from the vessels tells us that these systems are working optimally.”

Another expected benefit in choosing the direct current system was the reduction in noise and vibration in the vessel – expectations that have been fulfilled. “The vessel is very comfortable and the noise and vibration levels from the vessel’s diesel engine system are significantly lower,” says Kristian Ole Jakobsen.

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DECK EQUIPMENT Cranes 2-tonne SWL provision crane aft 1-tonne SWL active-heave-compensated crane 3-tonne SWL transverse crane below deck 300-kg cargo capacity with Ampelmann Cargo lift max. 1-tonne pallets from cargo room to A-deck OFFSHORE ACCESS TRANSFER METHODS Boats 1 x Esvagt STB 7B safe transfer boat 1 x Esvagt STB 12A safe transfer boat 1 x Esvagt FRB 15C fast rescue boat Walk-to-work Ampelmann A-type gangway ACCOMMODATION Cabins 60 single cabins with toilet and shower Mess room 30-person capacity / duty mess with coffee shop Other rooms 4 customer offices dayroom conference room for 30 persons 2 cinema/game rooms changing rooms Class notations The vessel has received Det Norske Veritas 1A1 class notations including SF – EO – HL (2.8) – DYNPOS AUTR – COMF-V(3)-C(3) DK(+) – Clean Design – NAUT OSV(A) – OILREC – LFL* – ICE C – BIS. It is further classified under DNV FIFI1 – COMF-V(2) – WINTERIZED BASIC – ICE 1B rescue/standby for 200 persons according to NMD, NOFO regulations 2009 (1.5).

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HEAVY LIFTING & TRANSPORTATION

HEEREMA’S BIGGEST LAUNCH JACKET SETS SAIL

Gina Krog WITH THE DEPARTURE ON 19 JUNE TO ITS OFFSHORE LOCATION, THE GINA KROG, THE LARGEST LAUNCH JACKET EVER BUILT BY HEEREMA VLISSINGEN, one of the Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) shipyards, is ready for installation. The jacket, which has a weight of more than 17,000 tonnes, is on its way to its final destination, the Gina Krog field on the Norwegian continental shelf, for Statoil & Partners.

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HEAVY LIFTING & TRANSPORTATION

– KO O S- JAN VA N B RO U W E RSH AV E N, C EO O F H FG –

The result of superior teamwork and an enormous commitment

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fter a successful FEED study by HFG’s in-house engineering department, Heerema Vlissingen was awarded the Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) contract in February 2013 for the Gina Krog launch jacket and the pre-drilling wellhead module. During the FEED study the specific design requirements of the topside were taken into account.

Throughout the various FEED phases incorporating the design development of the topside, HFG developed a solid launch jacket concept providing a firm basis for the EPC contract.

Record-breaking launch jacket

At the end of March of this year – seventeen months after construction – the recordbreaking launch jacket was loaded onto the barge. On 19 June it left for its definitive destination for installation in the Gina Krog field in the central part of the North Sea. The Gina Krog launch jacket weighs over 17,000 tonnes. The support frame measures 60 by 50 metres and the top of the jacket 40 by 30 metres. The jacket itself is 142 metres high. With the pre-drilling wellhead module, that will only leave offshore after the installation of the jacket, it will be possible to drill wells before the placement of the top deck. The module weighs 265 tons.

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important milestone for Heerema Vlissingen,” says Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven, CEO of HFG. “For the largest launch jacket ever built by HFG we designed and built a new and innovative flow-measuring system to optimize the jacket’s upending during the installation.

Because of its weight, we built special skid beams at the Vlissingen yard for the project.

With these beams we were able to load the jacket safely and efficiently onto the barge.

The successful delivery of this heavy and immense launch jacket is the result of superior teamwork and an enormous commitment in the field of safety and quality, both by Statoil & Partners and by HFG. Thanks to all our efforts in the field of safe working, we have realized this project without lost-time incidents.”

Sleipner field

The Gina Krog field is a gas, condensate and oil field situated in the Norwegian central section of the North Sea, about 30 kilometres northwest of the Sleipner field. The Gina Krog field is being developed with a so-called fixed platform at a water depth of 116 metres and will be tied into the Sleipner facilities for the export of gas.

The oil will be transported by means of tankers. i. www.hfg.heerema.com

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DBR INVOLVED IN ORANJE-NASSAU ENERGIE PROJECT P11

Highly Prestigious & Truly Innovative DBR, SPECIALIST IN CUSTOM-BUILT GENERATOR SETS BASED IN SLIEDRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, HAS RECENTLY RECEIVED THE ORDER to engineer, produce and test a stand-alone diesel generator set for the innovative P11 offshore gas-processing platform. Offshore Industry’s Ron van Uum talks to Mr Henri Hafkamp, Sales Manager of DBR.

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FABRICATION & ENGINEERING DBR BOOTH NO.

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– HE NRI HA F KA M P, DB R SA L ES M A NAGE R –

We are very proud to participate in this innovative and highly prestigious project.

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r Hafkamp: “We were asked to design and manufacture this generator set by Oranje Nassau Energie (ONE), the largest privately-owned Dutch exploration and production company in the oil and gas business. We are very proud to participate in this innovative and highly prestigious project.”

Harsh offshore conditions Henri Hafkamp

The P11 platform is an unmanned and sustainable satellite platform, consisting of a topside and jacket, intended to work for the P11-E field located 55 kilometres northwest off Rotterdam harbour.

Mr Hafkamp: “It goes without saying that the maintenance intervals of a

stand-alone generator on an unmanned drilling rig must be as long as possible. The generator, which will function as a back-up unit for illumination, service and so on, will be placed on the topside, exposed to the elements, and must be fitted with a fully enclosed, stainless-steel housing. We want to restrict the harsh North Sea weather conditions and the impact of salt air and water to a minimum. The design lifetime of the generator set will be over fifteen years and the operational costs must be kept as low as possible.”

In full swing

Mr Hafkamp continues: “In July we received the order from ONE to start working

on the design, construction, assembly and testing of the generator package. We are now in full swing with its design, the purchase of equipment parts, the producing of drawings and schemes and other development activities. We plan to start the production and assembly of the generator set in the first half of October. At the end of 2015 we intend to start testing. Early next year the onshore installation will take place at a well-known Dutch yard.”

DBR is currently also producing the hydraupack for the intended hydraulic crane, which is driven by a Volvo Diesel engine and combined with a solar panel. i. www.dbr-bv.nl

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TRADE SHOW

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WHAT TO EXPECT IN STAVANGER

Offshore Technology Days 2015 THE OTD 2015 EXHIBITION, WHICH WILL BE HELD FROM 20 TO 22 OCTOBER IN STAVANGER, NORWAY, ATTRACTS an audience of engineers, technical specialists, industry leaders and experts to share ideas and innovations from the Norwegian continental shelf. OTD 2015 will be the exhibition’s seventeenth consecutive year.

The show has a Norwegian focus and works under the slogan ‘We Are The Norwegian Continental Shelf’. Over the last six years it has been the largest annual Norwegian oil exhibition attracting nearly 30,000 visitors from 36 nations, and over 500 exhibitors, making it one of the fastest-growing oil exhibitions in the world.

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Multi-faceted event

OTD 2015 will again be a multi-faceted event for continuous learning and showcasing, with innovation, solutions and tools required to succeed in the accelerating technology race in an increasingly complex business. Visitors have free access to over 50 technical presentations, exhibitions and networking events, giving them the opportunity to meet old acquaintances and establish new business relations. The organization boasts to have created all kinds of concepts to help the visitor making business during the event: speed networking, company presentations, business rooms and many more. i. www.offshoredays.com/2015

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SPECIAL FEATURE

– M R J. F LUI T, C EO O F BR EDENOOR D –

The partnership between Bredenoord and DBR makes it possible to quickly meet the needs of our offshore customers 24 hours a day.

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SPECIAL FEATURE BREDENOORD BOOTH NO.

11.079 OFFSHORE ENERGY

DBR BOOTH NO.

09.013A OFFSHORE ENERGY

BREDENOORD AND DBR COMBINE POWER

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FOR OFFSHORE WITH NEW RENTAL FLEET AT THE BEGINNING OF 2016 A NEW ASSORTMENT OF MARINE- AND OFFSHORECERTIFIED GENERATORS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE AS PART OF THE BREDENOORD rental fleet for the offshore industry. The machinery has been designed specifically for offshore deployment.

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he equipment complies with the IMO Tier II emissions regulations DNV2.7-1 for offshore lifting and is designed to meet the IACS, SOLAS and NORSOK requirements. Bredenoord, specialist in mobile power solutions, and DBR, independent supplier of offshore generator sets, develop this rental fleet together. DBR builds the machinery and Bredenoord, supported by its many years’ rental experience, provides fast installation by qualified technicians at any location.

High-standard requirements

The new offshore rental generator sets can easily fulfil the high-standard requirements for use in harsh environments and heavy-duty conditions. Mr J. Fluit, CEO of Bredenoord: “We are very pleased that we can offer the offshore

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industry a higher flexibility with our new fleet. The partnership between Bredenoord and DBR makes it possible to quickly meet the needs of our offshore customers 24 hours a day.”

The companies

Bredenoord has over 75 years of experience in supplying temporary, permanent and mobile (back-up) power systems. It has five offices in Europe, including the head office in Apeldoorn and a depot in Ridderkerk nearby Rotterdam. DBR is an independent manufacturer for over 50 years of generator sets up to 4,000 kVA for the offshore, marine and dredging industry. The in-house DBR test facilities take care of the desired result of the generator sets. Partnerships with global players and worldwide experience guarantee worldwide

service in more than 100 countries.

Mr H.R. Roodenburg, CEO of DBR BV stated: “With this cooperation agreement we can strengthen our position in the offshore industry and deliver even better solutions. Through exchange of knowledge and experience we can anticipate on the current demand for rental solutions in the offshore market.

Thanks to the combination of our technical skills and Bredenoord’s knowledge of temporary installations, we can configure solutions to complete satisfaction of their customers.”

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Bredenoord will present the new rental fleet during Offshore Energy at stand 11.079. You can find DBR at stand 09.013A i. www.bredenoord.com i. www.dbr-bv.nl

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AMC BOOSTS PRODUCTION WITH FOUR HIGH-SPEED SUPPORT VESSELS

Quality Counts ALUMINIUM MARINE CONSULTANTS (AMC) CELEBRATED ITS ACQUISITION OF ISO 9001 QUALITY management certification in June by placing four high-speed support vessels (HSSVs) under build simultaneously in its new building hall on the Isle of Wight (UK).

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This new generation of high-efficiency vessels has been designed in-house.

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y mid-June, the hull of the first 21-metre vessel for wind farm industry service provider Cwind was up to the gunwales, plating was underway on a second 21-metre craft, and work had just started on both 23-metre HSSVs in the fourvessel order. Concurrent wheelhouse and cabin production was also underway. The new-builds represent a departure from CWind’s previously exclusive use of composite-hulled windfarm service vessels.

One-stop-shop provider

The two 21-metre symmetric-hull catamarans are being built to MCA classification Category 2.

The first is due for launch in December and to be handed over to CWind by the end of 2015. This new generation of high-efficiency vessels has been designed in-house.

Adding yet another dimension to AMC’s emergence as a one-stopshop vessel provider, financing can now be delivered in-house via packages provided by Peter Curtis with Daniel Stewart and Company.

The two identical 21-metre vessels feature MTU V10 engines powering RollsRoyce water jets for an anticipated top speed of 29 knots. The beam is 7.7 metres and the craft have a maximum draft of only 1.35 metre. The vessels are equipped for a crew of three with seating for twelve technicians in transit. The vessels will be capable of safe personnel transfer in 1.5-metre significant wave height conditions in all directions.

A Palfinger PK8501M B knuckleboom crane set forward to port will expedite cargo transfer.

Windfarm support vessels

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for use as windfarm support vessels, they also have capability for dive and survey ROV operations either overboard or through a moonpool. Twin MTU engines driving Rolls-Royce water jets will take the craft to an anticipated 28 knots.

The main deck has been designed to take a load of 1.50 tonnes per square metre with container sockets designed into the structure on the fore and aft deck to accommodate a 10-foot container, plus a 20-foot container on the bow. The superstructure is built as a separate structure resiliently mounted to the main deck using flexible mounts. Measuring circa 9 metres long by 5.6 metres wide, it is insulated to permit noise levels not exceeding 65 dB(A) in sea state 2 at 24 knots. The two vessels are due to enter service in the second quarter of 2016.

With AMC ever striving to enhance quality control, the company’s commercial director Rob Stewart said the yard’s certification to ISO 14001 and 18001 were both anticipated by the end of July 2015. i. www.aluminium-boats.com

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WHAT’S COOKING THIS YEAR?

Europort 2015: A Preview FROM 3 TO 6 NOVEMBER 2015 EUROPORT, THE EXHIBITION FOR MARITIME TECHNOLOGY ORGANISED IN THE WORLD port city of Rotterdam, will be the international maritime meeting place for innovative technology and complex shipbuilding.

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uroport has a strong focus on specialpurpose ships such as offshore vessels, dredging vessels, construction vessels, naval vessels, workboats, inland vessels, fishery vessels and superyachts. With almost 30,000 professional visitors and 1,100 exhibiting companies Europort belongs to the world’s most prominent meeting places for the maritime industry.

Advancing maritime leadership

The 37th edition of Europort will take place in the Ahoy conference centre in

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Rotterdam. Established as one of the world’s leading maritime exhibitions, attracting visitor numbers of about 30,000 maritime professionals from 84 countries, Europort is a must-attend for anyone who wants to stay ahead in the international maritime market. No other event has the scope of coverage that Europort manages. Bringing together all sectors of the maritime chain under one roof, Europort is unrivalled as a platform to showcase innovation and connect to the wider maritime community. For the 2015 edition, 1,100 exhibitors and sixteen country pavilions are expected.

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Europort is a strong proponent of technological advancement to provide the solutions and tools needed to compete in the challenging market of today and tomorrow, with success driven by innovation. Europort 2015 will bring into sharp focus the opportunities that exist within specialised niche sectors of the industry, particularly complex vessels and special-purpose ships. The scope of the event covers sea-shipping, offshore, inland navigation, dredging, fishery, naval, construction vessels and mega yachts. i. www.europort.nl

For several editions Europort has been completely sold out. For this reason the capacity for this edition has been increased – no less than 42,000 m² of exhibition space is available this year.

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A WINDFARM WINNER

Whalsa Lass DELTA MARINE’S MULTIPURPOSE ANCHOR-HANDLING TUG/WORKBOAT WHALSA LASS HAS DEMONSTRATED ITS VERSATILITY DURING RECENTLY completed works on the large windfarm off the coast of Grimsby (UK) for one of the main energy contractors. The windfarm consists of 73 Vesta V112 3MW turbines located in water depths of circa 15 metres and is now providing electricity sufficient to power up to 170,000 households.

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hen the Shetland-based operator chartered its Damen 2611 Multicat for a basic remit to serve as anchor handler for the cable-laying vessel, it had no idea what further scope of services the vessel would be called upon to perform.

Great stability

The 26-metre Whalsa Lass features an 11.5-metre beam for great stability and a shallow 2.25-metre draft, advantageous for bringing cables to shore. Three Caterpillar C32 TTA main engines generate 1,902 bkW to provide a powerful 37-tonne bollard pull and a speed of 10 knots. A 100-tonne winch and twin Heila3SL 230-tonne/metre knuckleboom cranes further add to a specification that informed client and operator alike that the vessel was capable of making a broader contribution to the project than was first envisioned.

Work started with Whalsa Lass handling a 6- by 7.5-tonne delta flipper anchor spread for the cable-laying vessel, with the anchors pre-laid and the Multicat hooking up to cable-laying vessel wires in up to 3 knots of tide. Soon Whalsa Lass was delivering water

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and provisions to other project vessels within the 25km2 work area. She was then conducting cardinal buoy inspections, retrieving and returning them to shore for maintenance and subsequently re-deploying them.

Great versatility

She was called upon for the delivery of cable protection systems and the deployment of rock bags over cables in shallow water, deploying a 4-tonne bag every fourteen minutes. She could be equipped as a dive support platform, with a full dive spread encompassing decompression chamber, welfare, quads, a dive shack and three-point mooring, all while still conducting anchorhandling duties with the dive spread on board. This allowed her to work with the divers moving boulders clear of the cable lay route. A full ROV spread was also brought on board, with a 20-inch ROV container, control shack, provision of 120A power from ship’s generators and three-point mooring, again while concurrently still anchor handling.

Also performed were PLGR works, dragging a grapple train along the cable route checking for other obstructions that could affect the subsequent cable lay. The Whalsa Lass was even called upon to salvage containers lost overboard from a passing cargo vessel that were drifting and posed a collision risk to the windfarm, then transporting them ashore.

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Repairs to the cardinal marker.

Great efficiency

Delta Marine created method statements, risk assessments and storyboards for all the above tasks, reducing the workload for the client’s management and minimising delay to works proceeding. Delta Marine sourced all rigging and anchors, replaced all worn or damaged components, and provided a weekly inventory to the client detailing the location and condition of each individual component. Delta Marine even extended the push knees at Whalsa Lass’s bow, allowing crew transfer vessels to push on for optimised safe passage of project personnel while on site.

Such comprehensive efforts by Whalsa Lass and Delta Marine did not go unnoticed. The client’s cable package manager told Delta: “All your efforts have been successful and executed safely and professionally. It was a

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pleasure having you and your team involved in mobilisation and execution meetings to gain your advice and input. Your team’s positive attitude and ambitious nature have prevented vessel and project downtime on a number of occasions. We always knew that the task would be executed professionally when given to Whalsa Lass.” i. www.delta-marine.co.uk

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ATPI Griffinstone WHEN TRAVEL IS CRITICAL

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WHEN IT COMES TO THE OFFSHORE AND ENERGY SECTOR, HEALTH AND SAFETY – AND NOT JUST IN TERMS OF TRAVEL – ARE CRITICAL TO EVERY OPERATION. Ensuring that qualified people are moved to the right locations in the safest and most cost-effective way is a core operation of any oil and gas business.

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ieter Rieder, Global Head of Energy Sales of ATPI Griffinstone (part of the ATPI Group) explains the importance of duty of care. Mr Rieder: “With extreme globalweather conditions, political unrest, health scares and other sources of tension in countries across the world, the safety and security of travellers has never been more important. This is particularly true for businesses in offshore industries such as oil, gas and shipping, where travel may involve visiting some of the most inhospitable locations in the world. As well as providing an efficient and cost-effective service, specialist travel-management teams who have an in-depth knowledge of these sectors can be crucial to ensuring that workers are protected when they are travelling overseas or offshore.”

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Travel management partner

A key area of activity and management in crew travel concerns planning for the worst, and having the processes and people to manage an emergency situation. In today’s offshore industry, emergency response agreements with a travel provider are becoming more and more part of the standard contract – they are no longer an extra nice-to-have. When something goes wrong, being able to respond to the situation and ensure safety now includes having a travel-management partner as part of an incident team.

Travel management companies (TMCs) that work with businesses in the offshore sector often partner with specialist third-party organisations such as International SOS to provide additional support and care,

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The safety and security of travellers has never been more important. including medical emergencies or security threats. A TMC acts as an important ‘integrator’ that is providing relevant support for clients as part of one manageable duty-of-care package.

Data integration

Pieter Rieder, Global Head of Energy Sales of ATPI Griffinstone.

Organisations in the offshore and energy industries always take duty of care very seriously and other sectors can learn a lot from their practices. Most companies already have policies in place for the protection of employees when these are at their place of work, for instance on a drilling rig in the middle of the North Sea. However, there is still a way to go when it comes to duty-of-care coverage when employees are travelling to and from the rig itself or to another work-related destination. Specialist TMCs can plug this gap and put emergency processes in place to deal with any eventuality anywhere in the world, via data integration and traveller-tracking technology.

Tracking and monitoring the passports and visas of a crew is also a key element of planning crew travel. Mr Rieder adds: “From a business perspective it saves considerable time if visa services are integrated in crew travel planning. The ATPI HomePort

technology platform can help reduce staffing costs, increase booking speeds and minimise human error. ATPI HomePort works in partnership with existing human resource systems, including SBNT, OCS and Seacrew, and enables companies to send traveller requests, as well as vessel and trip information, directly from their crew management systems. For example, if our team knows that a visa is experiencing a two-day delay, we can make informed and proactive plans to manage around this situation rather than waiting to discover that an individual specialist expected to travel cannot enter the destination. By linking visa information with safety qualifications and shift scheduling at any one time, we can provide the best-possible advice on which crew movements make the most sense from a health, safety and cost perspective.”

Online tool

ATPI recently developed a new integration with leading global port agencies to enhance their seamless service offered to clients within the shipping industry. The agreement has enabled the ATPI Griffinstone to offer an enhanced and better-integrated approach to their crew travel arrangements. This means that all elements of travel for those joining ships are handled via one technology platform called ATPI HomePort, including the management of taxis or launches required to reach vessels as well as specific immigration arrangements. It is the first time that such a comprehensive online tool has been available through an international travel management company.

Mr Rieder concludes: “The offshore sector represents a large part of our business and we dedicate a great deal of our time and resources to seeking out new ways to make travel and crew transportation easier, safer and more cost-effective for our clients.” i. www.atpi.com/griffinstone

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TTS NMF Offshore Cranes READY FOR USE ON THE DAY OF DELIVERY

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TTS NMF, HEADQUARTERED IN HAMBURG, GERMANY, AND PART OF THE NORWEGIAN TTS GROUP, IS A GLOBALLY RENOWNED MANUFACTURER OF OFFSHORE AND HEAVY-LIFT CRANES. THE company delivers their cranes only after having subjected them to a successful factory acceptance test (FAT). A comprehensive FAT makes a quick start-up of the crane possible at the shipyard.

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common FAT is performed in the workshop of the production facility and mainly comprises functional tests. Here the crane has not yet been completely assembled and solely consists of the crane housing, the cabin and its hydraulic and electric devices. The jib, the A-frame – the mast – and the foundation have not been installed during a common FAT, which is the most conventional scenario for tests that are executed during the final part of the construction and engineering phase and before the final installation on the vessel.

The common FAT

During a common FAT the cranes are visually inspected, both internally and externally, and

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verified to be in faultless condition.

Functional tests include, among other things, the verification of the correct voltage setting, testing of the start function by pressing the start button on the remote-control console, testing the emergency stop at the remotecontrol console and inside the switchboard, testing the warning lights (red) and function lights (green), testing the speed of the hoisting winch from slow to maximum and, in applicable, testing the luffing cylinder. The crane functions must operate throughout the full range of all demonstrable movements up to its maximum speed. The slewing, load and constant tension are function-tested after the installation and commissioning of the crane on the vessel.

The not-so-common FAT

A comprehensive FAT, however, includes a full-load test. This is a customized and complex testing procedure of a completely assembled and operational crane. A formal test procedure is verified before the start of the test. The full-load test is an essential aspect of the entire system lifecycle and should be performed by qualified and experienced personnel. A dedicated project team consisting of the crane manufacturer, the customer and a Class Representative will attend the cross-functional FAT procedure to make sure that the crane is designed, manufactured and tested in compliance with all the technical specifications and contractual requirements.

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Full-load testing

The full-load test of offshore cranes is conducted after the overall inspection of the workmanship and starts with a function test of the crane controls. Luffing, hoisting and slewing of the crane are performed with and without load. The full-load test is done on the load-limiting system, such as the deck lift mode, in-harbour mode, ship-to-ship mode or personnel lift mode. Further tests may include the auxiliary winch, the winch limit switches, the automatic and manual overload protection systems, the emergency stop system and the emergency release system. Very important is the overload test with test loads above the safe working load (SWL).

If the FAT does not show any weaknesses or faults in the craneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s design and engineering, or in terms of its safety requirements, then the crane proves to be have been built according to its technical specifications and operational requirements. Equipment failures or technical deficiencies discovered during the FAT and the full-load test are to be rectified. If there are any deficiencies and outstanding actions on the equipment then these are to be solved before the crane is delivered to the client. Authorized personnel of the crane OEM, the customer and the Class Representative sign the FAT protocol â&#x20AC;&#x201C; only then is the crane dismantled and shipped to the customer where it is ready for use.

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Experience

Since the test stand at TTS NMF was erected in September 2013, several full-load tests of offshore cranes have been conducted. The first full-load test with a completely assembled 165-tonne-SWL knuckle-boom crane with active heave compensation (AHC) system was performed in September 2013.

The assembly, testing and dismantling of the crane was done within ten weeks. The second full-load test was executed in July 2014. Again, a 165-tonne-SWL knuckle boom crane with an AHC system passed factory approval. Assembly and dismantling took four days each and testing took eight weeks. The third and fourth full-load tests took place in June and July 2015, during which two pedestal lattice boom cranes with an SWL of 85 tonnes were tested within four weeks each.

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Cost reduction

TTS NMF is capable of executing comprehensive FATs and customized fullload test at their test stand in Hamburg on cranes with an SWL of maximum 400 tonnes. TTS NMF can deliver verified cranes and realize a reduction of installation and commissioning time and, by doing so, save the client a lot of money. i. www.ttsgroup.com

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HOW FAR TO GO IN COURT?

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Oil has brought the world numerous blessings. But oil has also become a commodity that is open to all sorts of conflict, the strongest being, of course, the waging war over it. Luckily some of these wars only rage inside the Courtroom.

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il exploration and production in the Arctic has become a major public topic.

Since the oil spill disaster with the oil tanker Exxon Valdez in 1989 we have all become aware of the efforts that are necessary to clean up an oil spill in the Artic. It should therefore not come as a surprise that there is a broad public concern regarding the quest for exploring and producing the vast oil and gas reserves in the Arctic. But how far can one go in legally expressing this concern?

Battlefield

In May 2014 Greenpeace tried to prevent the discharge of the Russian tanker Mikhail Ulyanov carrying arctic crude oil to Rotterdam. This action became somewhat of a battlefield. The small and fast Greenpeace RIBs (rigid inflatable boats) refused to follow orders from the port authorities to stay out of the way of the tanker, after which one of the RIBs collided

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with a police boat. The police picked up several Greenpeace activists and the District Attorney started a prosecution that was still pending when, in October 2014, the tanker was again expected to arrive in Rotterdam with a cargo of arctic crude oil. This time Greenpeace issued a press release, shortly before the arrival of the tanker, stating that Greenpeace would again protest against the discharge of this cargo of crude oil and that it would position its mother ship, appropriately named Arctic Sunrise, at the entrance of the Rotterdam port.

Charterers of the tanker summoned Greenpeace before the Summary Court for a prohibition order against Greenpeace to as much as pointing a finger at the tanker on penalty of a hefty penal sum for any infringement of such order. Greenpeace heavily defended the requested order, thereby showing that the organisation is not only adamant in the way of campaigning on the water but also in a court of law.

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Well prepared

Greenpeace first argued that it had been harmed in its defence as it was summoned to the Summary Court on such a short notice. However, the arrival of this second cargo had already been made public one month earlier. The Court reasoned that Greenpeace had notified its intention to demonstrate against the tanker only hours before the arrival of the vessel. Further, the Court noted from Greenpeaceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extensive arguments that the organisation was apparently well prepared and could therefore not be considered prejudiced in defending its position in Court.

Greenpeace secondly denied that the claiming party had any relationship with the tanker or her cargo, but charterers showed the Court their charter party so this defence was also dismissed. This resulted in Greenpeace having to bring out its primary material defence which is â&#x20AC;&#x201C; evidently â&#x20AC;&#x201C; freedom of demonstration, in many

countries luckily still a constitutional right.

Greenpeace was determined to take action against oil exploration in the Arctic as, in their opinion, this is a serious threat to the environment. Of course the Court had to subscribe this but noted at the same time that there are legal limits to it. The different interests of all the parties had to be weighed. Greenpeace claimed that its own interest in making its vision public was more important than the lawful and commercial interests of charterers to carry and deliver arctic oil.

Not unlawful

The exploration and production of arctic oil may be controversial, but it is not unlawful.

Consequently the Court failed to see why the interest of charterers would be less important. In itself it is not necessarily unlawful to hinder commercial activities but this should not go out of proportion, according to the Court. Greenpeace had

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The case was a tightrope for the Court to walk.

And as you know, Lady Justice is blindfolded, which made it even more of a challenge.

already taken various actions against exploration of arctic oil by – amongst other things – taking actions against the same tanker earlier that year by lobbying politicians to propose with the government a stop to oil transport in the Artic. The Court consequently reasoned that by now the issue was well on the public agenda.

Charterers had an interest in discharging their cargo without hindrance, the more so because Greenpeace had not specified what type of action it contemplated against ship and cargo. According to the Court it was fair to assume that charterers would suffer damage if Greenpeace would take similar actions as before. Of course the port authorities could intervene if the actions would go out of hand, as Greenpeace argued, but the Court adhered weight to the fact that again public means would have to be mobilized to prevent that during the demonstration a dangerous situation would arise, especially since the estimated time of arrival was at night. Greenpeace’s argument that charterers apparently intended ‘to sneak into the port’ did not change this.

Within proportion

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or stoppage like the one at hand, namely that the action necessary for reaching the intended goal cannot be reached by any other means, and that the action should remain within proportion. Greenpeace had already generated public awareness around oil exploration in the Arctic and their intended action would only create more public attention. Greenpeace failed to show why this further attention could not be reached by other actions that would not damage charterers.

The Court considered the intended action also out of proportion, as Greenpeace refused to give details of its intentions so that the interest of charterers in knowing what to expect had to take preference.

During Greenpeace’s previous action a dangerous situation had been created by the collision between Greenpeace’s RIB and a police boat. Public means had to be deployed and damage had been caused. As a result Greenpeace was ordered by the Court to abstain, for a period of four weeks, from action directly related to the vessel itself, her course, the discharge of her cargo and her departure. This still allowed Greenpeace to use its right of demonstration through other means. i. www.tenholternoordam

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Copier Bevelmachines is expanding the machine portfolio on metal-pipefinishing machinery.

The new innovation is the CNC pipefinishing machine with both radial and axial feeding.

Because of the feeding systems, especially tougher material like stainless steel, Duplex or Super Duplex can be easily machined because this machine is cutting the metal from outside down to inside, step by step. Therefore you could also easily machine heavy-wall pipes, only the process takes longer.

This machine is capable of outside and inside machining of the pipe, like bevelling, facing, squaring, deburring, tapering and threading. All these preparations are done without manually changing the tools in the chuck for a different angle or shape. The metal pipe is clamped and the chuck with the cutting bits is preparing all the required angles and shapes controlled by the CNC system. Copier offers these CNC pipe-finishing machines in models up to 8, 16, 24, 30 and 48 inches. i. www.bevelmachines.com

The new standard for reliable detection with an extended sensing range cannot be measured with a conventional yardstick. After all, with sensing ranges from 5 cm to 3.8 metres, no object goes undetected by the PowerProx MultiTask photoelectric sensor. To achieve this, not only has SICK packed all the advantages of time-of-flight technology into the world’s smallest housing, they have also increased detection speed. Thanks to PowerProx, objects being conveyed at high-speed, small and flat objects, and jet black and shiny objects can be reliably detected over a high sensing range. The photoelectric sensor also provides stable detection results over a large detection angle and is immune to ambient light. The small PowerProx MultiTask photoelectric sensor housing combines time-of-flight technology, eye safety at the level of laser class 1, outstanding optics, and fast signal processing. i. www.sick.com

EVE encoder Siqura’s new EVE encoder is making a difference by controlling legacy analogue PTZ cameras. These include the Hernis PTZ cameras with RX400 protocol. Last June, Siqura, global supplier of advanced video surveillance solutions, in cooperation with Norwegian companies WestNet and Last Mile Communication, announced the availability of an updated version of the EVE encoder that includes integration of old legacy proprietary analogue PTZ cameras. This game changer makes it possible to take control of your own system and upgrade your system to the latest technology, such as open video platform from Milestone Systems. The EVE encoder enables you to reuse your Hernis PTZ cameras and choose an open video platform, such as Milestone Systems. A wide variety of IP-based units and subsystems can now work together with old legacy PTZ cameras, making it possible to integrate IO modules, sound systems, lighting, access control and much more. i. www.siqura.com

Kelvin Top-Set invests in real-time app Kelvin Top-Set, the leading incident investigation specialist, has announced an investment of GBP 50,000 in an innovative investigation app. Top-Set Live enables teams to collaborate from multiple locations. Details, images, live sketches, audio and video can be shared in real time from remote locations both on and offshore.

Iain Livingstone, developer of Top-Set Live, commented: “Unique aspects of this app are that users can see and speak to each other whilst drawing on the screen and incorporating symbols if required. This allows investigators to easily highlight details of complex equipment failures and problems so that issues can quickly be identified and resolved.”

David Ramsay, Kelvin Top-Set Group managing director said: “It is a very powerful communication tool for investigations and maintenance problem solving. The app enables crucial information to be discussed live. This substantially cuts down on time, travel and cost. Images and messages can also be stored for subsequent analysis and discussion.” i. www.kelvintopset.com

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OSI OUTFITTERS PAGES Umbilical emergency disconnection tool

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Cutting-tool specialist, Webtool, has developed an emergency disconnection tool (EDT) for subsea intervention systems. The Webtool EDT enables rapid cutting of umbilical multiple fluid transfer jumpers, electrical lines and tension wire, in the event the DP surface vessel drifts off-station.

As an integral part of either a workover tool or dedicated emergency disconnect package, Webtool EDT guillotine cutter is a simpler and quicker emergency disconnection than more complex multi-line stabplate systems. It offers considerable weight savings compared with other emergency disconnect systems, and is easily retrofit to intervention systems.

Within a well intervention emergency disconnect package, the umbilical is connected to a sacrificial hose and cable bundle, and securely positioned in the mouth of the Webtool EDT emergency cutter. This ensures the umbilical is severed in the correct place, within seconds.

Webtool EDT is part of the Webtool range of high-performance cutting tools, designed and manufactured exclusively by Allspeeds Ltd. i. www.allspeeds.co.uk

This August UTEC Survey announced a significant step forward for its growing fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) thanks to the completion of a series of field trials in conjunction with Teledyne Gavia in San Diego, California. The new partnership has completed operational testing of features designed to optimize AUVs for commercial survey applications.

UTEC Survey has been using the Gavia AUVs for a variety of projects around the world since 2010 and they have become the single largest commercial user of the system with seven AUVs in the fleet. Low-noise platform capable of gathering high-quality data throughout the operating depth range. In addition, they offer a solution of higher productivity and the ability to survey in very shallow water of up to two metres. i. www.utecsurvey.com

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E2S Warning Signals E2S Warning Signals, manufacturer of audible and visual warning devices, has announced the new D1x range of alarm horns, loudspeakers and integrated alarm horn/Xenon strobe warning units.

The D1x employs the latest electronic technology and acoustic engineering, in robust, marine grade, LM6 aluminium enclosures.

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They provide a choice of 64 alarm tones, including many conforming to national and international standards. Multiple-alarm horns, when powered from the same source, are automatically synchronised. i. www.e2s.com

VBMS (a VolkerWessels & Boskalis company) completed the repair of an inter-array cable at Trianel Windpark Borkum phase 2. The scope of work included the removal of the defective cable, and installation, burial, terminations and testing of a replacement cable. The vast experience of the vessel crew with both export and array cable installation over the last six years resulted in the total operation taking less than 48 hours, form arrival to departure. The work was executed in the German Bight by cable-laying vessel Stemat Spirit.

VBMS CEO Arno van Poppel: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are very pleased that besides installation projects, we are partnering with more and more clients on repair projects. With this cable repair VBMS contract, both Trianel and the insurance companies BOOTH NO. have shown their confidence in VBMA as a total 10.023 solutions provider.

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No-latency/full-HD dome cameras Siqura, global supplier of advanced video surveillance solutions, announced last May the availability of two PTZ dome cameras for harsh marine environments. The ExPLORE HSD870H3MDC is designed for safe areas, while the ExPLORE HSD870H3EXP-MDC has an explosionprotected housing for use in hazardous areas (Zone 1). Both types give operators a real-time overview of mission-critical operations in the most extreme conditions. Having the ability to monitor operations without interruption is vitally important in the marine, oil and gas industry. The two camera types provide users with full-HD 1080p video quality at 60 frames per second. i. www.siqura.com

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Looking back and thinking ahead SPE Offshore Europe 2015, held in Aberdeen from September 8 to 11, sent out a very clear message that the oil and gas industry has a future for many years to come. The theme of the 2015 event, Inspiring The Next Generation, allowed the industry to address the technical, business and people challenges it faces now and in the future. At the heart of this is the need to attract and encourage the next generation of talent into the industry, the event organisation reported in a concluding press release.

“One of the challenges facing the industry is inspiring the next generation,” said Charles Woodburn, CEO of Expro and Technical Chairman of SPE Offshore Europe 2015.

“I hope that the honest and open conversation we have had over the last few days will lead to real progress in this area. While we don’t have all the answers yet, it’s important we take this dialogue and turn it into a clear framework that can be delivered by the industry as a whole.”

Attendance figures remained very strong at 55,947 with delegates drawn from 104 countries, the second highest attendance in the long history of the show. A record 1,535 global organisations from 44 countries exhibited this year, showcasing their products, services and expertise. This included 336 companies exhibiting at the event for the first time.

The sold-out space covered 27,228 m2, with more inside space than ever before.

Over the four days of the world’s largest upstream oil and gas conference and exhibition outside North America, around 5,000 visitors attended the

conference plenary session, eleven keynote sessions, 80 SPE technical paper presentations, and daily topical lunches and breakfast briefings.

Stephen Graham, Chief Operations Officer for the SPE, added: “The conference programme successfully addressed a number of relevant industry priorities, incorporating the theme of Inspiring The Next Generation. Combined with a busy show floor where exhibitors met with existing and potential customers, I believe SPE Offshore Europe 2015 has been a great success.”

The next SPE Offshore Europe will be held in Aberdeen from 5 to 8 September 2017. One of the new features announced for the next event will be the Decommissioning Zone 2017.

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And then a final word from the Yellow & Finch front. Our Media Kit 2016, in which we outline our commercial and editorial plans for the next year, has just been published and is being distributed among our business relations and other interested parties. Of course you can obtain a copy at our stand at Offshore Energy 2015 and Europort 2015. Drop by and collect your copy, and maybe we can be of service to one another.

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