Seaway7 and Dong Fang Partner Up for Taiwan’s Offshore Wind
and further optimize project execution,” said Stuart Fitzgerald, Chief Executive Officer of Seaway 7.“The partnership between Dong Fang Offshore and Seaway 7 represents a concrete step towards ensuring Taiwan and the APAC region has a viable, high quality, local cable installation and repair solution, employing our combined fleets with the experience and knowledge of Seaway7,” added Polin Chen, Chief Executive Officer of Dong Fang Offshore
AI Set to Tackle Jetty and Port Corrosion Across WA
phenomenon, so the team will develop a new AI-based decision-making tool that will be fed data and images on the marine structures and then the algorithm will produce reports of high-risk areas for the port authorities, so the maintenance strategies can be scheduled. We will also look at a better repair solution to lengthen the life and extend the inspection interval for these structures.”Professor Mariano Iannuzzi, Director of the Curtin Corrosion Centre, said this is an exciting opportunity for researchers from multiple organisations to come together to find better solutions for a common problem
New Tech for Wind Blade Inspections
; Roach says. “The idea is to try to find damage before it grows to critical size and allow for less expensive repairs that decrease blade downtime. We also want to avoid any failures or the need to remove a blade.”Roach envisions the robotic crawlers as part of a one-stop inspection and repair solution for wind blades.“Picture a repair team on a platform going up a wind blade with the robot crawling ahead,” Roach says. “When the robot finds something, remotely-located inspectors can have the robot mark the spot so that the location of subsurface damage is evident. The repair
Subsea Pipeline Repair Restores Hong Kong Gas Link
in the South China Sea. The pipeline had been damaged by a ship’s anchor and left unpiggable at a location about 280 kilometers from shore and in water depths of 90 meters. After several detailed engineering studies and comprehensive risk assessments, it was determined the best repair solution was to remove the severely dented section of pipeline and two pipeline end manifolds from the seabed on to a pipelay vessel, while the pipeline remained pressurized at 57 bar. “Since this pipeline is of crucial importance for the supply of gas to Hong Kong, the shutdown period
New Approach to Pipeline Repair
that as a result of a new and innovative approach to pipeline repair, it contributed to achieving dramatic cost-savings on the recent repair of a live subsea pipeline in the Java Sea, Indonesia. The objective of the operation was to seal a tear on a weld seam by installing a permanent repair solution. IRM Systems began providing engineering services for the project in January 2015. Normally, the operation would have been executed by a major EPIC company – and nearly was – but in this instance, the operator decided to do something different. It decided that it should
Permanent On-site Collision Damage Repair in Greece
in Egypt when another vessel struck her portside hull. This caused a large hole, severe cracks and dented plating. The collision also pushed the vessel’s starboardside hard against the fenders, denting the plating on that side as well. The owner of the vessel contacted Hydrex to find the best repair solution for the vessel. Because it was fully laden, going into drydock was not feasible. An on-site underwater solution was needed. In consultation with Hydrex, the ship’s owner opted to take his vessel to the Neorion Syros Shipyards, situated on the island of Syros in Greece. When the ship
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