1. SSE experience James Stone
August 2008 – Present
Cable Retriever 28/05/08-31/07/08 SEAIOCMA standby
Acting SSE - SEAIOCMA standby, various post repair cable burial operations
using Perry Tritech ST201.
CS Sovereign 05/05/09 - 15/06/09
Thornton Bank wind farm power cable burial, Belgium 06/05 – 12/05
Atlas1 ROV utilised to bury 96mm power cable to 0.8m. Survey equipment
fitted to Atlas 1, Octans Gyro, Hi Res Sonar, Bathy
Horns Rev 2 wind farm power cable burial, Esbjerg, Denmark 13/05 – 12/06
Atlas1 ROV utilised to bury 86, 92 and 102mm power cable to 0.8m.Survey
equipment fitted to Atlas 1, Octans Gyro, Hi Res Sonar, Bathy
Kelvin cable and BU installation, Portrush, Northern Ireland to Hibernia
Transatlantic system 16/06 – 05/07
Plough K and Atlas 1 utilised to bury 25km of cable plus BU to 1m in
ploughing and PLIB operations.
CS Sovereign 05/11/09 - 19/01/10
SGSCS system loading Rognan, Norway and transit to Trinidad
Plough trails took place in Lyme Bay in November, a good deal of this
commission was spent in Norway where outside temperatures ranged from;
-10°C to -25°C meaning on deck maintenance work was impractical, the ROV
and Plough were therefore winterised, Atlas1 was covered with tarpaulin and
heated from underneath using two space heaters. Lowest temperature
recorded under the tarpaulin was 0°C.
CS Sovereign 08/04/10-07/06/10
SGSCS Plough and PLIB operations in Guyana and Suriname 22/04 – 02/05
2. SMD Plough H and Atlas1 ROV utilised to bury telecoms cable to 0.6m
Dry dock, Birkenhead, preparations for Belwind and Super Mohawk mob,
22/05 – 28/05
Belwind wind farm power cable burial, Belgium 31/05 – 07/06
Atlas1 ROV utilised to bury 110mm power cable to 1.0m. Survey equipment
fitted to Atlas 1, Octans Gyro, Hi Res Sonar
CS Sovereign 10/08/10 - 06/10/10
Project Judy, Clyde BU to Judy platform, North Sea 13/08 - 29/08
Atlas 1 utilised to bury 25km of telecoms cable plus BU to 1.0m
Super Mohawk utilised for mattress position fixing across Fulmar pipeline
crossing and cable touchdown monitoring across mattress
EMEC tidal power cable installation, Eday, Orkney Isles 13/09 - 04/10
Atlas 1 utilised for 7x lift line cable recoveries, 1x cable cut and survey of
installed cable. Super Mohawk utilised for survey of installed cable
CS Sovereign 28/11/10 - 21/01/11
Project Judy, Clyde BU to Judy platform, North Sea 03/01 - 20/01
Completion of cable installation and PRIB
Cable Retriever 23/08/11 – 31/12/2013
SEAIOCMA standby, various post repair cable burial operations using Perry
Tritech ST201. Planning of new Forum XT601 trenching ROV with 3m burial
capability fitment and integration into ships systems.
Cable Retriever 01/01/14 – 26/09/15
Mobilisation and integration of new Forum XT601 trenching ROV with 3m
burial capability and Dynacon LARS. SEAIOCMA standby - various post
repair cable burial operations.