GMG Acquires Fugro’s Trenching, Cable Laying Business
and maintenance services in the telecoms, offshore renewables, power and oil and gas market segments. The acquisition of Fugro’s trenching and cable laying business provides added high-end capabilities that strengthen its service offering. The transaction involves the transfer of the vessel Fugro Symphony, two trenchers and two work class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) as well as 23 employees located in Aberdeen. Ian Douglas, CEO of Global Marine Group, said, “I am looking forward to welcoming the Aberdeen based trenching team to our corporate family and growing our asset
Phase 1 Cable Laying Complete at Rampion Wind Farm
laying operations on schedule at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm off the U.K.’s Sussex coast, as the program takes a break over winter. The installation of 60 cables was completed at the end of October – three more than the 57 cables originally planned. Subsea construction vessel Fugro Symphony commenced site operations in August, having transported some 75 kilometers of cable to the Rampion site on its 2,000t carousel. Sister vessel Fugro Saltire completed cable burial in November using Fugro’s high performance Q1400 subsea trenching system. Both vessels will return
Fugro Reduces Offshore Wind Development Down Time
of cable touchdown (the point at which the cable meets the seabed). During this project in the North Sea Fugro experienced currents as high as 3.5 knots. In August Fugro commenced cable laying operations at the Rampion site, off the UK’s Sussex coast, from its subsea construction vessel, the Fugro Symphony. At the beginning of the month the vessel had loaded the first phase of 57 cables (approximately 75 kilometres) at the cable manufacturer’s facility in Hartlepool. Having joined the project in early September another of Fugro’s specialist vessels, Fugro Saltire, is currently conducting
Fugro to Install Cables for Rampion Wind Farm
and burial of array cables at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm being built in the English Channel, 13 kilometers off the Sussex coast, by E.ON alongside partners, the UK Green Investment Bank plc. The contract will see Fugro lay and bury the cables with its construction and installation vessels Fugro Symphony and Fugro Saltire using one of its two Q1400 trenching systems to bury the cables. The array cables will be pulled in and laid between the wind turbines and the offshore substation, where the power is then transmitted onshore. Engineering and planning will commence immediately, with installation
Fugro Adds Cable-lay to its Trenching Services
with second end pull-ins of cables already laid by other contractors,” said Mike Daniel, Trenching Business Line Manager at Fugro Subsea Services. “We can now offer clients simultaneous cable-laying and burial from a single vessel, or alternatively our larger subsea construction vessel Fugro Symphony can be laying cables, while the Fugro Saltire is trenching them, speeding up operations and saving time for our customers.”
Fire Aboard Fugro Vessel
Fugro confirmed there was a fire onboard its ROV support vessel Fugro Symphony around 2:30 a.m. this morning. The 2011-built vessel was docked at Peterhead Harbor in the U.K. at the time of the incident. The fire was contained in a small area of the vessel and extinguished in the presence of emergency services personnel. No injuries were reported. All nonessential personnel onboard were immediately evacuated as a precaution, but have since returned to the vessel once it was confirmed safe to do so. Fugro said it has a team presently onboard to investigate the cause
Fugro SeaWatch Buoy for Technip N. Sea Project
. At 2.8m in diameter, with a counterweighted keel to prevent capsize, it is large enough to cope with the harsh North Sea conditions. A 3.5m mast supports the buoy’s meteorological sensors and antennae, while a range of subsea sensors monitor oceanographic conditions. In March, using the Fugro Symphony vessel, the Wavescan buoy was deployed in its designated position. During its nine-month deployment its sensors will collect oceanographic and meteorological data for a comprehensive range of parameters including, air pressure, air temperature, current velocity/direction and water temperature
February 2024
