London Offshore Consultants is an engineering consultancy firm established in 1979 that provides marine warranty surveying and other services to the shipping and energy industries. It has over 200 technical staff working across 24 offices worldwide in disciplines like naval architecture, marine engineering, and offshore engineering. The document discusses the role of marine warranty surveyors in overseeing cable installation projects to reduce risks, including reviewing plans, certifying operations, and ensuring compliance with standards. It also outlines the key stages of cable installation like planning, delivery, pull-in, lay, protection, and post-lay surveys and some common issues that can arise.
London Offshore Consultants is an engineering consultancy firm established in 1979 that provides marine warranty surveying and other services to the shipping and energy industries. It has over 200 technical staff working across 24 offices worldwide in disciplines like naval architecture, marine engineering, and offshore engineering. The document discusses the role of marine warranty surveyors in overseeing cable installation projects to reduce risks, including reviewing plans, certifying operations, and ensuring compliance with standards. It also outlines the key stages of cable installation like planning, delivery, pull-in, lay, protection, and post-lay surveys and some common issues that can arise.
London Offshore Consultants is an engineering consultancy firm established in 1979 that provides marine warranty surveying and other services to the shipping and energy industries. It has over 200 technical staff working across 24 offices worldwide in disciplines like naval architecture, marine engineering, and offshore engineering. The document discusses the role of marine warranty surveyors in overseeing cable installation projects to reduce risks, including reviewing plans, certifying operations, and ensuring compliance with standards. It also outlines the key stages of cable installation like planning, delivery, pull-in, lay, protection, and post-lay surveys and some common issues that can arise.
NAREC Offshore Renewables and Subsea Power Cables Workshop 4 December 2013 Introduction Introduction LOC Marine Warranty Cable Lay Overview Planning Operations Issues
London Offshore Consultants Established in 1979 Serving both Shipping and Energy Markets LOC Group Has over 200 technical staff 24 Operating offices worldwide LOC Group Offices Worldwide Our People Over 300 professional staff including dedicated contract personnel 20 nationalities 12 languages Broad range of disciplines Naval Architects Master Mariners Marine Engineers Marine Civil Engineers Structural Engineers Offshore Engineers Subsea & Pipeline Engineers Our Services Shipping Marine Casualty Investigations Salvage and Wreck Removals Strength, Stability and Motions Analysis Cargo Damage Fixed Object Damage Expert Witness Loss Prevention Studies Surveys, Inspections and Audits Claims, Disputes and Litigation
Our Services (cont.) Energy Marine Warranty Surveying (MWS) Transportation and Installation Evaluation and Verification Offshore Incident / Casualty Investigations Surveys, Inspections and Audits
Our Clients Insurers Protection and Indemnity (P & I) Clubs Hull & Machinery (H & M) Underwriters Energy Underwriters Maritime Lawyers Ship-owners Energy Companies Banks / Ship Financiers Shipbrokers Governments
MARINE & ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS
Marine Warranty Surveying Energy (Oil and Gas) Renewables
The MWS Surveyor Role The fundamental objective of the Marine Warranty Surveyor is to make reasonable endeavours to ensure that the risks associated with the warranted operations to which a Warranty Surveyor is appointed are reduced to an acceptable level in accordance with best industry practice. The MWS Surveyor Role The MWS is an independent consultant employed by the assured to carry out the following:
Operational Approvals Critical operations require a Certificate of Approval: Load-out /Loadin Sail-away/Securing/Seafastening Installation (Pull in, laying, burial, trenching) Repair Certificates of Approval are normally issued prior to the commencement of an operation but some Underwriters also require them on completion of the operation Overview of Cable Installation Planning Cable Delivery Cable Pull In Cable Lay Cable Protection Post Lay Survey Planning Route Survey Cable Risk Analysis Burial Assessment Burial Management Plan Vessel Selection Burial Method and Tool Selection Analysis Method Statement and Task Plans
Cable Delivery Load Out at Factory Transportation Transpool to Installation Vessel Cable Pull In Beach Landing Rollers Floating Pull Through Duct Trench Cable Pull In First End Foundation Cable Protection System Second End Foundation Cable Protection System Quadrant
Cable Lay Simultaneous Lay and Burial Plough J etting Trenching Cable Lay Free Lay and Post Lay Burial J etting Trenching Lay into Trench Backfill
Post Lay Survey Multibeam Echo Sounder Seabed Modelling to Establish Datum for Future Surveys Hazards, Exposed Cable Side Scan Sonar Seabed Imagery, Hazards, Exposed Cable Magnetometer Cable Burial Depth Sub Bottom Profiler May Give Burial Depth
Issues Planning Inadequate Survey Burial Assessment Vessel Selection Tool Selection Installation Design of Foundation Interface Competence Contingencies
MARINE & ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS London Offshore Consultants
Subsea Cable Installation A Marine Warranty View
NAREC Offshore Renewables and Subsea Power Cables Workshop 4 December 2013