Offshore Crane Maker Huisman Launches Drone Inspection Service
Huisman, a Dutch company best known for its cranes for the offshore energy industry, has recently launched a drone inspection service for the inspection of cranes, drilling, and pipelay equipment.The company said the service is offered from Huisman's locations in the Netherlands, Singapore, China, the USA, and Brazil."Huisman has extended its service portfolio with drone inspections based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and high-resolution camera technology to offer advanced levels of safety, visibility, and efficiency in its clients’ equipment maintenance procedures," the
Bourbon wins Pipelay EPCI Contract for Hylia Project
by Total Gabon for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of 25 km of 6” rigid pipeline as part of the Hylia Water Injection Project using Zap-Lok technology. For the execution of this contract, BOURBON is subcontracting key suppliers, mainly Cortez Subsea, for pipelay equipment and Wood Group for the pipeline design and pipelay engineering. Operations are scheduled to start in Q2 2017 offshore Gabon with an MPSV from the Bourbon Evolution 800 series. ROV services and a PSV, all provided by BOURBON, will also support survey and air diving operations for spool and riser
PLSV Delivered to TechDof Brasil
with Technip, and the joint venture now has three vessels in operations. I look forward to seeing the vessel in operation in the years to come.” Hallvard Hasselknippe, President Subsea for Technip, commented further, “This new state-of-the-art PLSV, with the most advanced pipelay equipment and highest flexible pipelay tension capacity in the world, demonstrates again our extensive ultra-deepwater pipelaying experience, and our commitment to enable projects offshore for our clients.&rdquo
Technip Upgrading ‘Global 1200′ Vessel
heavy lift vessel ‘Global 1200’, designed by Ulstein Sea of Solutions. The vessel arrived at the yard in January 2015. The scope of work includes dry-docking for Special Periodical Survey and various maintenance repair works, modifications to upgrade the vessel DP capability and various pipelay equipment upgrades for future projects. Technip and Damen contracted ULSTEIN to support in the design and engineering of the upgrade and modification work and the docking. The Global 1200 and its sister vessel Global 1201 were both designed by Ulstein Sea of Solutions (USOS) for Global Industries
Huisman Brazil Receives First Order
for the Brazilian offshore market. The new Huisman production facility is planned to be operational in 2014. Besides the three sets of cranes, Huisman will also deliver three 550mt Tiltable Lay Systems for Subsea 7 and the two 650 and two 340mt Tiltable Lay Systems for Technip-DOF. All these pipelay equipment orders are part of a big Petrobas order and should be ready to serve the Brazilian market in 2017. huismanequipment.com
Huisman Opens New Office in Norway
steel construction company - Huisman joined forces with the engineering company Itrec in 1987 to develop high quality products entirely under own management, from concept to installation. The company’s product range can be subdivided into six main categories: cranes, drilling equipment, pipelay equipment, winches, vessel designs and specials and varies from stand-alone components to highly engineered integrated systems. Production is divided between the production facilities in The Netherlands, China and the Czech Republic. A new production facility in Brazil is currently under construction
Huisman Banks 10 Pipelay Equipment Orders
Huisman, a worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured new contracts for 10 pipelay systems with various major offshore pipelay contractors. The new contracts include three 550mt Tiltable Lay Systems (TLS) and one 325mt Vertical Lay System (VLS) for Subsea 7, two 650mt TLS and two 340mt VLS for Technip-DOF, one 275mt VLS and one 570mt Multi-lay System for Ceona. The equipment will be built at the various Huisman production facilities in The Netherlands, Czech Republic, China and Brazil. Delivery of these pipelay systems is scheduled between the end of this year and
February 2024
