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Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd., an Acteon company, is an independent operator of modular equipment for the global oil and gas, telecommunications and energy industries. The engineering and construction business provides equipment and services to support flexible product installation, recovery, replacement and decommissioning operations. Aquatic’s range of modular, flexible equipment is available to be transported anywhere in the world and can be dismantled to fit into standard 40 ft. shipping containers, enabling Aquatic kits to be installed on relatively small vessels from more

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JIP Seeks Codes for Cable and Pipe Laying Equipment

Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd, an Acteon company, announced it is working with DNV GL and other organizations in the subsea supply chain, on a Joint Industry Project (JIP) to develop a set of guidelines to be incorporated into new or existing DNV GL Offshore Standards or Recommended Practices. The guidelines will be, ‘The Development of Codes for Offshore Equipment for Cable and Pipe Laying – Phase 1.’   The Road Map for the project proposed by DNV GL in November 2014 consisted of the following phases: Phase 1: Mapping the Big Picture. This is intended to

Aquatic Hits 1 mln Working Hours without LTI

  Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd, an Acteon company, has marked 1 million working hours without a single Lost Time Incident (LTI). This milestone follows on from Aquatic’s achievement of 1000 days without an LTI in December 2014.   The improvement level in FPAL scoring since 2013 and successful accreditation to BizSafe3 in Singapore demonstrate that Aquatic is continually improving standards and providing training opportunities across HSEQ.   David Tibbetts, vice president technology, Aquatic, and accountable for the health, safety, environment and quality (HSEQ)

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Aquatic: 1,000 Days Without a Lost-time Incident

Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd. has achieved 1,000 consecutive days without a lost-time incident, the company stated in a press release.   Aquatic’s president, Chris Brooks, said, “I am proud to announce that, on Sunday, December 14, 2014, Aquatic reached the health and safety milestone of 1,000 days without a lost-time incident. This remarkable achievement is the result of the hard work and commitment of everyone at Aquatic. Both the professionalism of our health, safety, environment and quality team and the dedication of everyone who receives training and support from

Aquatic Relocates to New Singapore Office

Aquatic Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, an Acteon company and a subsidiary of Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd, has relocated its regional headquarters. The new office suite is part of the existing operations base on the east coast of Singapore, where all Asia-based Aquatic equipment is stored and mobilized. According to the company, the move brings the local Aquatic team closer to key clients and equipment, enabling them to oversee key processes in the operations side of the business while offering clients a first-hand look at a part of the business. Nick Dale, regional manager Asia Pacific

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Aquatic Completes First Carousel Project

Aquatic Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd, an Acteon company and subsidiary of Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd, inform it has successfully completed its new carousel, the AQCS-01-1500 maiden project. Aquatic partnered with integrated subsea services provider Kreuz Subsea on the project. The carousel was successfully used to install 9.7km of 218mm diameter umbilical in the South Belut field offshore Indonesia for ConocoPhillips. As the installation contractor, Kreuz Subsea, engaged Aquatic Asia Pacific to mobilise the modular carousel system onto the Seamec Princess vessel and transpool the umbilical

Aquatic Supports DeepOcean Training Program for Graduate Trainees

Industry experts from Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd., an Acteon company, have presented the company’s work and subsea operations to support DeepOcean UK’s graduate training program and new conversion engineering program. Martyn Conroy, Aquatic EMEA and Americas business development manager, and Sandy Roberts, Aquatic training supervisor, were invited to speak about Aquatic’s work as part of the industry induction for the seven new graduates joining DeepOcean’s graduate training program and new engineers joining the conversion engineering program. The Aquatic

Mobilisation of modular carousel system in Singapore

Aquatic Introduces New Modular Carousel System

Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd., an Acteon company, has unveiled its 1,500-te carousel (AQCS‐01‐1500) a powerful, modular drive system representing a significant capability extension for customers requiring installation or replacement of flexibles, umbilicals, power and telecommunication cables and wire rope products. Installation in deeper waters has become a recent trend in the subsea market, often being performed in depths ranging from 2,000-3,000m. However installation, replacement or recovery work at this depth requires specialist equipment to accommodate the increasing length and

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Acteon Opens Singapore Service Center

across the region. It will be the first purpose-built Acteon center to service multiple operating companies. The base will provide engineering, design, equipment maintenance and servicing, equipment rental and sales activities for CAPE, MENCK, Conductor Installation Services (CIS), LM Handling, Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd. and Claxton Engineering Services. “As bulkhead port access is at a premium in Singapore, the new facility will provide Acteon companies with easy and unrestricted port mobilization and demobilization options for heavy equipment, which will be supported

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