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Press Release
Subject: Subsea Global Solutions Acquires Underwater Contractors Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) and Gray Diving Services Pty. Ltd. (Australia)
Subsea Global Solutions, world’s leading commercial diving company, has today announced that it has acquired Underwater Contractors Pte. Ltd. (UWC), a prominent commercial diving firm based in Singapore, and Gray Diving Services Pty. Ltd. (GDS), a commercial diving firm based in Sydney, Australia, through separate transactions. With these two tandem acquisitions, Subsea Global Solutions expands its global footprint in the Asia-Pacific region beyond Busan, South Korea, where it had a local office for the last 7 years and increases the number of its home ports worldwide to 13.
Commenting on the acquisitions, Paul Peters, CEO of Subsea Global Solutions said; “This is a significant milestone in the history of SGS. We are absolutely delighted to expand our global footprint to Singapore, a strategic commercial shipping hub where most of our clients visit regularly, as well as to Sydney, a critical port for our cruise business. With well-known brandslike UWC and GDS joining our organization, we will solidify our leadership in our market segment and will be able to truly support our clients from these key locations with our own personnel, boats, gear, and equipment. We look forward to joining our forces.”
Echoing Paul Peters, Capt. Satnam Singh Kumar, Executive Director-Asia Pacific for Subsea Global Solutions said; “This is an exciting day for Subsea Global Solutions, as local presence at these two locations was a fundamentally critical move to create true value for our local and global clientele. Under the exemplary leadership of its founder Michael Gan, UWC has gradually developed into a true power house in the commercial diving industry not only in Singapore, but also on a global scale. With GDS, our initial goal is to build on its very successful marine construction and inspection business, and further enhance its capabilities through our new in-house environmentally-friendly hull cleaning reclaim system which is designed to meet and exceed the regulations.”
Michael Gan, Founder and Managing Director of UWC added; “After many years of competing with one another, we are excited to finally merge with our long-standing friends (Subsea Global Solutions) and become part of their successfully growing network. We are proud of what we have built at UWC in Singapore, delivering a consistent and reliable service to our clients since our foundation. This is a new chapter for UWC, one that will position us well to add better value to their operations in today’s uncertain market conditions”. Russ Gately and Greg Vitnell, Co-owners of GDS commented; “We have a long history of working with Subsea Global Solutions, sharing personnel, know-how and expertise on countless joint-projects. We have been assessing our options on how to position GDS for long-term success after our planned retirement and joining our forces with SGS was the natural choice to ensure our business continued to prosper in the years ahead.”
About Subsea Global Solutions
Subsea Global Solutions, a portfolio company of GenNx360 Capital Partners, is the globally-formed corporation with wholly-owned assets and personnel in USA (Miami, Tampa, Long Beach, Houston, Port Angeles), the Caribbean (Curacao, Trinidad), Canada (Vancouver, Halifax, Saint John), South Korea (Busan), and Brazil. With dedicated staff situated globally, Subsea Global Solutions has revolutionized the methods of repair and maintenance for ships and advanced procedures used in underwater marine construction. Our name serves to accentuate the shared values of the SUBSEA GLOBAL SOLUTIONS companies, and our commitment to be “The One Source for Global Underwater Solutions.” All offices are approved by the major classification societies.
About UWC
Underwater Contractors Pte. Ltd. was founded by Michael Gan about 40 years ago in Singapore performing commercial diving and marine-related services primarily to the commercial shipping industry. It has grown to become one of the most trusted brands in the market, thanks to its well-deserved reputation for “reliability and consistency” in servicing its clients. This reputation has enabled the company to develop a very loyal global clientele that has been supporting UWC’s business over the years.
About GDS
Gray Diving Services Pty was originally formed in 1945 by William (Bill) Gray starting in a small backyard garage located in suburban Rockdale NSW. The company expanded and progressed through several evolutions of partnerships until 1999 when employees and minority owners Greg Vitnell and Russell Gately secured 100% of the company. The company has grown and expanded its range of clientele, services, capabilities and equipment inventory in time and has contributed to major infrastructure projects in NSW. Today, it is serving to the demanding marine and sub-marine construction industry from a 10,000 sq. ft. multi-level building at Taren Point on the Southern shores of Botany Bay in Sydney.
Contact:
Harun Duzgoren
Executive Director, Business Development & Strategy
Subsea Global Solutions
+1 305 571 9700
harun.duzgoren@sgsdiving.com
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Carmen Rojas
Director of Investor Relations
GenNx360 Capital Partners
+1 212 257 6772
crojas@gennx360.com
We are very excited to welcome Aaron Everett to Subsea Global Solutions in the capacity of VP, Marine Construction Diving as of October 14th, 2019. Aaron will be part of the corporate management team and will be based in Long Beach, CA.
Paul Peters, CEO of Subsea Global Solutions said “We are excited to have Aaron onboard. Our marine construction business has historically been driven mostly out of our Long Beach, CA and Saint John, NB offices. However, in line with our ambition to grow the Subsea Global Solutions brand and further strengthen this business segment, we have decided to form a new corporate position to enhance our current presence in these two locations, as well as support growth in our other regional offices. This will ensure that Aaron and his team are empowered sufficiently to deliver superior value to our marine construction clientele located across the entire North America and where needed, other parts of the world.”
Aaron has over 20-years’ experience in commercial diving and marine construction industry with a proven track record of building a growing a book of business in the marine construction diving segment.
We welcome Aaron to our organization and wish him every success in his new role. Subsea Global Solutions is a market leader with 12 operational offices today globally and remains committed to deliver a first-class service to it’s global customer base by investing in it’s technology, office network, and most importantly people
Over the past few months of 2019, Subsea Global Solutions has performed a number of high capacity underwater repairs across the globe. A great number of these repairs have focused on seal replacement.
Face and Lip type seals can be completely renewed and serviced with Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Class approved procedures. Face type seals can be completely rebuilt “wet”, where lip type seals can be renewed, including the bonding of new seal rings, completely underwater using the TransHab – the transportable habitat designed by SGS. Bonding new seal rings, removal or installation of spacer rings, and even complete replacements can be performed at anchor or during cargo handling operations without interference with the vessel’s schedule.
TransHab is a lightweight, inflatable habitat that is fitted around the stern seal between the stern tube and propeller, thereby providing a dry environment large enough for two technicians to carry out repairs. Using stock adapters TransHab is designed to fit any seal arrangement, including azipod drives, with liner sizes from 480mm – 1200mm.
In the far east, Subsea Global Solutions Busan answered the call of a cruise vessel. Being a cruise vessel, keeping the schedule was of obvious concern and importance. The port time allocated for Busan was only 32 hours, though crews generally need 48 hours to complete the repair – especially on both port and starboard shafts. To save time, Subsea Global Solutions dive technicians met the vessel in Hong Kong first to remove the rope guard and take stern arrangement measurements, before meeting the vessel again in Busan. The vessel had very limited space for our TransHab system due to the struts and propeller blades, but our dive team was able to modify habitat adaptor plates according to the vessel’s particular stern tube shape, thereby maximizing workspace within the habitat (and thus creating the space necessary to perform such complex tasks). Subsea Global Solutions dive technicians worked diligently to complete the repairs successfully within 29 hours, enabling the vessel to sail away at its scheduled departure time.
Not long after, another cruise vessel was experiencing shaft seal issues in Japan. Subsea Global Solutions crews had only 5 days in which to prepare for the job – 13 dive technicians were flown in from various offices around the US and Canada, our fly away kit (approximately 12CBM, 3000kg) was prepared and shipped to Japan the following day, and work permits were obtained with the help of the vessel’s local agent. The vessel had a four lip system, consisting of a dirt seal, water seal, air seal and oil seal – and all four needed replacing. This sealing system was also one of the more complex types that requires experience, attention to detail, and effective time management to be able to complete within the allotted time frame.
The overhaul of the seal system required a complete disassembly, including the seal housing flange. The seal housing flange, it should be noted, is several hundred kilograms and must be carefully removed, realigned, and reinstalled to avoid damaging the sealing gaskets. Upon relocation of the flange, the forward split cover ring can be removed to expose the oil seal. New seals must be bonded precisely to avoid any defects and subsequent complete re-disassembly (seals cannot be pressure tested without re-installation of the flange). During the repair, Subsea Global Solutions crews had to pump out more the 1000 liters of oil out from the habitat – delaying the start of the repair as crews were focused on taking extra precautions not to release any oil out to the ocean. Due to the experience level of the technicians however, we were able to work quickly and efficiently (even bonding the first seal while still disassembling the last seal) – the full shaft seal repair was completed on time, as quoted, and allowed the vessel to depart on schedule with zero delays.
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Uwe Aschemeier: Underwater Welding’s Under-The-Radar Ambassador
SCRUBBER INSTALLATION WITHOUT DRY DOCKING
By Uwe Aschemeier and Kevin Peters
The year 2020, and with it the Sulphur regulation for the use of heavy Sulphur fuel oil, is approaching fast. Starting January 2020, it will be illegal to run a ship using fuel containing more than 0.5% Sulphur without the operation of a scrubber, an exhaust cleaning gas system. [1]
Scrubber systems are a diverse group of air pollution control devices that can be used to remove some particulates and/or gases from industrial exhaust streams. Traditionally, the term “scrubber” has referred to pollution control devices that use liquid to wash unwanted pollutants from a gas stream. Scrubbers are one of the primary devices that control gaseous emissions, especially acid gases. [2]
Subsea Global Solutions, an underwater ship repair and maintenance specialist headquartered in Miami, FL, USA and with offices around the world, has installed scrubber systems in cruise vessels since 2014, without taking the vessel out of the water or interruption its itinerary.
Subsea Global Solutions
has performed installations of sea chests and overboard discharge pipes together with several scrubber manufacturers. Subsea Global Solutions involvement ranges from the installation of the sea chests, installing overboard discharge pipes, cutting the hull openings for the sea chests and installing grates into the sea chest openings. Subsea Global Solutions provides mainly support from the underwater side but was also involved with welding project related to scrubber systems on the inside of vessels. Sea chest design varied from conventional box designs to innovative pipe designs with diameter in excess of 1000 mm.
Sea chest for scrubber system installed on a cruise ship
3 DN 400 overboard discharge pipes installed
during regular port stops
The first scrubber installation project Subsea Global Solutions was involved with was in 2014. This project required the manufacturing and installation of the sea chest and the new installation of 3 DN400 overboard discharge pipes. Preparation work was always performed during sea days, while cutting the hull penetrations and welding against the hull was performed during regular port stops. Since then, Subsea Global Solutions has been involved with installation of more than 20 scrubber systems on cruise vessels.
To be more efficient, Subsea Global Solutions developed a heat barrier system, allowing welding to be performed from the inside of the vessel against the hull. The heat barrier is installed by divers from the water side over the future weld zones. Due to its geometry and profile, the heat barrier can stay on the hull during sea days, which allows welding to be performed immediately after the vessel enters the port.
Once the inside crew completes the installation of the sea chest, SGS divers can be deployed to cut open the hull in way of the sea chest, followed by the installation of the sea chest gratings. The cutting of the sea chest openings may be performed by mechanical means with a specifically designed track saw, thermal cutting with underwater plasma or PVL torch, or with an exothermic process.
Mechanical cutting of hull opening with track saw
Exothermic cutting process
Hull opening cut underwater
Sea chest gratings installed, and corrosion protection applied
Subsea Global Solutions has its own welding department, headed by a full-time employed welding engineer. Welding procedures for underwater wet welding and top site welding are in place with major classification societies, like ABS, DNV GL, LR. Subsea Global Solutions is currently the only company worldwide, that has a workshop approval from DNV GL for underwater wet welding.
Subsea Global Solutions also has approvals to perform permanent underwater wet weld repairs and installations from ABS and DNV GL. These repair and installations may be considered permanent on a case by case approval.
[1] IMO 2020 Report, March 2018
[2] Wikepedia
On Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Jarrad Schmerl, Senior Project Manager out of our Long Beach office, was awarded the Distinguished Welder Award during the Fabtech Show in Atlanta, GA.
The award is sponsored by the American Welding Society (AWS) to an individual who has exceptional welding skills and experience related to all aspects of the art of welding. This award category is recognized at the National Level.
Please join us in congratulating our own Jarrad Schmerl for receiving the AWS Distinguished Welder Award 2018.
The photo below shows Jarrad receiving the award from AWS President Dale Flood.
Congratulations Jarrad – well deserved!
SubSea Global Solutions is pleased to announce the acquisition of Muldoon Marine Services, Inc. We are very excited at the opportunity to increase the services that we provide to our customers in locations throughout California and abroad.
Subsea Global Solutions was recently contacted to provide a solution for a vessel stuck in a very difficult position. A deep-sea bulk carrier fully loaded with goods had become immobilized due to a failure of the aft shaft bearing. In the past not much could be done to help a vessel in this situation. With no way to transit on its own power and loaded with a perishable cargo, an economical solution needed to be developed quickly.
After a failed attempt to repair the vessel by a competing company, Subsea Global Solutions was given the opportunity to provide their expertise and decades of experience. An underwater repair solution was developed where none had existed before. Due to the deep draft of the vessel, special attention was paid to how the repair would be carried out. A large highly skilled team was required to provide the vessel with non-stop 24hour operations. With only a few days to mobilize, Subsea Global Solutions technicians and equipment landed in Hong Kong and prepared for the repair.
In only four days the Subsea Global Solutions team accessed the aft shaft bearing and repaired the system to allow the vessel to continue their voyage as normal. This repair allowed the vessel to travel safely to their destination and offload their cargo. Once free of cargo the vessel continued to a dry-dock facility where the aft shaft bearing was replaced.
This repair was overseen and is approved by classification societies. Aft shaft bearing failures in the past have dictated immediate dry-docking. BUT – now with a revolutionary repair strategy, Subsea Global Solutions can offer a temporary repair to allow vessels in similar situations to voyage. SUBSEA GLOBAL SOLUTIONS has proven once again that it can provide vessels with a fast and vastly cost-effective repair solution compared to any alternative.
Miami, April 11, 2018 – Subsea Global Solutions is pleased to announce the successful closing of its partnership with GenNx360 Capital Partners (“GenNx360”), a New York-based private equity firm which invests in middle market business services and industrial companies, effective March 29, 2018. Subsea Global Solutions (“the Company”) is the leading provider of underwater vessel maintenance, inspection and repair services to ship owners, managers and operators within diversified marine transportation and construction sectors. Subsea services include hull and propeller fleet management, underwater wet welding, seal replacement, tunnel & azimuth thruster repair, and environmental hull cleaning. The Company provides both routine hull maintenance services to drive fuel efficiencies and highly technical repair solutions allowing vessel operators to reduce dry-docking costs, while keeping the vessel in service. The Company is headquartered in Miami, Florida, and operates out of 12 facilities worldwide. Subsea Global Solutions was previously owned by Lariat Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm, and Subsea Global Solutions Management.
“GenNx360 is pleased to make this investment in Subsea Global Solutions,” said Matt Guenther, the GenNx360 Managing Partner who led the transaction. “Subsea Global Solutions is a world-class organization that is extremely well-positioned to capitalize on the increasing demand for innovative underwater maintenance and repair techniques and services. We look forward to working with Subsea Global Solutions' strong, experienced management team to broaden its offerings through organic growth and strategic add-on acquisitions and expand its geographic reach, both in the U.S. and abroad.”
Paul Peters, CEO and President of Subsea Global Solutions, said, “This is an extremely exciting time for us at Subsea Global Solutions. We chose GenNx360 as our partner as we believe they bring the experience and expertise needed as we embark on this next chapter of growth and investment for the company. This partnership will help Subsea Global Solutions to solidify it’s position as the world’s number one source for global underwater solutions and enhance our customer-centric, innovative service portfolio even further.”
About GenNx360 Capital Partners
GenNx360 Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on acquiring middle market business services and industrial companies. We invest in companies with proven and sustainable business models in expanding industries with the objective of implementing the required operating changes to deliver cost efficiencies, accelerate growth, and generate strong financial returns. Target industries include industrial machinery and components, logistics and supply chain solutions, industrial and environmental services, food and agricultural products and services, infrastructure equipment and services, specialty chemicals, packaging, and aerospace and defense. GenNx360 was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in New York City. For more information on GenNx360 Capital Partners, please visit http://www.gennx360.com.
About Subsea Global Solutions
Subsea Global Solutions is a global corporation with wholly-owned assets and personnel in 12 locations, including its headquarters in Miami, 4 additional U.S. locations and 7 locations worldwide. Subsea Global Solutions has revolutionized the methods of repair and maintenance for ships and advanced procedures used in underwater marine construction. Its name serves to accentuate the shared values of the SUBSEA GLOBAL SOLUTIONS companies, and its commitment to be “The One Source for Global Underwater Solutions.” All offices are approved by the major classification societies. For more information on Subsea Global Solutions, please visit http://www.subseaglobalsolutions.com.
For media inquiries about this press release, please contact:
Subsea Global Solutions
Paul Peters, Chief Executive Officer
Email: paul@sgsdiving.com
Tel: +1 305.571.9700
GenNx360 Capital Partners
Carmen Rojas, Investor Relations Manager
Email: investorrelations@gennx360.com
Tel: +1 212.257.6772
Over the past few months, Subsea Global Solutions has been called on to complete propeller straightening’s and repairs all over the world, including – Canada, Panama, Uruguay, Singapore, and El Salvador. In each case, a team of highly trained Subsea Global Solutions Diver / Propeller Technicians attended the vessel, along with our proprietary large or small propeller press (depending on the job scope) and propeller sectional reduction / optimization gear.
Once onsite, the Diver / Propeller technician enters the water to map out the damage to develop a repair plan together with Subsea Global Solutions’ Propeller and Hydrodynamic specialists. After the solution is developed, the best repair option is chosen to optimize propeller hydrodynamic performance considering the extent of damage and regulations governing the repair. Incorporating all of Subsea Global Solutions’ techniques, including cold static load straightening and optimized section reduction techniques usually delivers the optimal solution to the affected vessel.
Propeller – As Found
Propeller – As Released
Cold Static load propeller blade straightening incorporates the use of Subsea Global Solutions' proprietary propeller press. A thorough inspection is done prior to straightening to ensure the damaged area is free of micro fractures, and any small surface fractures are removed before the straightening process. The Diver / Propeller technician focuses the power of the cold static load press to calculated sections of the bent blade to restore the geometry to near original geometry. This process is approved as a permanent repair by most class societies.
Sometimes excessive damage, cracking or bends beyond the capability of the press – make it necessary to optimize the sectional area of the blades instead. In this process sectional area optimization to the damaged blades is performed. A calculation is done to determine the static and hydrodynamic affect this sectional area reduction will cause and the propeller is properly balanced to ensure vibration free and minimal performance lost operation.
Incorporation of several propeller repair techniques allows Subsea Global Solutions to execute permanent repairs with minimal to no performance loss. Repairs are performed rapidly in 12 to 24 hours. This allows the ship to sail in a timely manner, and significantly reduces the time and cost of drydocking. Delivering value adding services is what makes our happy. Keeping cash in their pockets makes them smile and assuring them no disruption of service gives them peace of mind in this competitive market place. Let Subsea Global Solutions be your trusted resourced to deliver unrivaled service!
As part of the cruise industry’s focus on the environment, a vessel operating in the South Pacific developed a minor problem with both of its shaft seals. To ensure continued operation with no delay to operations, the cruise operator chose to perform an in-water service of these shaft seals during scheduled port stays on their itinerary. Subsea Global Solutions was trusted to execute these time sensitive and critical stern seal replacements concurrently on this twin Azipod Cruise ship. This work required two specialized TransHab flexible Hyperbaric cofferdam systems and support equipment as well as over 25 trained and certified Diver / technicians to perform this work around the clock on both propulsion units at the same time. The work was completed through cooperation of all the worldwide Subsea Global Solutions offices along with cooperation from local vetted partners for local support. Preparatory work was performed in multiple ports along the vessels trade route through the South Pacific. This prepared the vessel for the actual seal replacements which were carried out in a location where the vessel remained in port for 48 hours. By closely planning this repair around the ships itinerary the work was completed on time; avoiding any unscheduled delays for the vessel or inconvenience to any passengers.
The work was executed very smoothly and completed with no delays. Subsea Global Solutions received excellent support from the vessel’s Master, Superintendent and all of the crew. This allowed Subsea Global Solutions to deliver on time and on budget. Delivering unrivaled service is what SUBSEA GLOBAL SOLUTIONS is all about. Give us your challenges and we’ll give you solutions!
Back in November a fully loaded bulk carrier contacted Subsea Global Solutions with a shaft seal issue. Initial reports from the vessel were that they were losing all stern tube oil into the vessel, they were experiencing heavy water ingress through the FWD seal system into the engine room, and the internal seal system clamp ring shifted approximately 70mm inboard. By this report, it was immediately known this was not a typical shaft seal repair.
The vessel was towed from an anchorage in Russia across the Black Sea to a more favorable location in Eastern Europe. Teams from Subsea Global Solutions offices in Vancouver, Miami, Long Beach, Halifax, Houston, and Tampa were sent to attend.
Once inspections began, it was found that the tail shaft had dropped outside acceptable tolerances due to bearing failure. This bearing failure was the root cause of the initial reports.
A plan was put together for an emergency repair for the vessel so it could continue on its way to deliver cargo and then go to dry dock. Working alongside the responsible Class society, it was decided that if the shaft seal integrity could be reinstated and a running test could be conducted with Class in attendance to their satisfaction, the vessel would be allowed to sail.
For the seals to be brought
back into eccentricity with the shaft, modifications to the seal housing flange were conducted. This consisted of disassembly of the entire split type seal system inside the Subsea Global Solutions Transhab habitat and the housing flange modified in accordance with specifications developed by Subsea Global Solutions' engineering department with consultation with the seal supplier. Once machined, the system was assembled with new bonded shaft seals. The aft seal assembly was aligned with the shaft eccentricity within original tolerances.
The internal seal assembly and clamp ring was put back into radial and axial alignment and backed up by an additional hold back fabricated onsite as extra precaution.
After working around
the clock in extreme weather, the running test was conducted pier side. All testing was completed and Class approved for the vessel to make a one way trip to its next port of call for cargo discharge. The vessel arrived without fail, discharged it’s cargo and entered the dry dock for permanent repair. Throughout this transit the vessel maintained close contact Subsea Global Solutions by providing continuous updates to Subsea Global Solutions technicians.
Subsea Global Solutions has pioneered the methodology to performing permanent repairs and replacements to shaft seals underwater in a wet or dry environment. By working closely with our OEM partners, Subsea Global Solutions sets the standard for shaft seal renewal while a vessel remains afloat and in service. With the largest wholly owned footprint of any company in underwater ship repair, we are THE ONE SOURCE FOR GLOBAL UNDERWATER SOLUTIONS.
Earlier this year, Subsea Global Solution’s office in Busan, Korea completed a biofouling cleaning campaign on one of the largest vessels in the world. A floating liquified natural gas (FLNG) vessel – with an LOA of 488m – it was launched in 2013 and took almost four years to complete, whereby the vessel’s hull had expectedly collected a significant amount of fouling. On several occasions prior to the start of this project, Subsea Global Solutions Busan was onsite to assess the degree of fouling and to carry out several tests that would determine the best option for removing the fouling. Strict environmental laws had to be taken into consideration, and the antifouling coating used on the hull precluded divers from using a brush cart system. At the end of the cleaning trials, it was determined that the most effective way to clean the hull would be a combination of hand cleaning (!!!) and the use of specialized cavitation based cleaning equipment.
The Subsea Global Solutions project team consisted of 32 members, spanning our various offices. From there, two dive teams were created, including a project manager, supervisor, assistant supervisor, two diver medic technicians, ten divers, and an English-Korean translator. Both teams worked simultaneously on the port and starboard sides of the vessel, working 12 hour shifts from Monday to Friday. Simultaneous operations were a big challenge for the dive teams, and it was essential they were checked daily as the sail away date was closely approaching. Safety measures (following international oil and gas guidelines) were undertaken each day before any diving operations could begin.
Each location of the hull followed the same 3-step procedure, beginning with a pre-inspection that was witnessed by the client and guided by marine biologists, using video and still shots. Sea bay inspections were done via borescope, thus saving time by not opening the grids. Next, cleaning of the area would commence with the use of rubber scrapers and rubber hammers. Finally, a post-inspection was completed to determine the area was free of fouling and any invasive marine species, aided and witnessed by the client and marine biologists. This process continued until all designated areas of the hull were completed.
Over a 5 week period this project involved a total of 12,544 hours of labour, 156 hours of video footage, with 1526 photos captured! This was a large scale, operations heavy, and newsworthy project and all involved were happy with the success achieved at the end of the project!
Subsea Global Solutions remains your GLOBAL RESOURCE to turn to for your underwater maintenance and repair needs. We’re available to provide you with the best solutions – anywhere, at any time, around the world.
To our valued customers, family and friends in Florida,
Our thoughts are with you, your family and neighbors as Hurricane Irma comes barreling down on the Florida Peninsula. We hope that everyone remains safe and secure during this unprecedented weather event.
Subsea Global Solutions’ primary core value is SAFETY- EVERY DAY – EVERYONE
With this core value infused into everything we do in our their lives at Subsea Global Solutions, our employees and their families are preparing their homes and communities for the impending storm. With this being said, Subsea Global Solutions has suspended operations in our Miami and Tampa Florida locations. We have transferred operational responsibility to our offices in Curacao and Houston Texas while this storm affects this region of the United States.
Subsea Global Solutions remains focused on its Purpose to be The One Source for Global Underwater Solutions. We are doing everything we can do to mitigate the impact of this weather event on our business and we are hopeful to be and running in our Miami and Tampa Florida offices very shortly.
We look forward to a speedy and safe return to work. If you have any concerns or questions, please utilize your existing communication channels with our company or you may contact our Operations team in Curacao or Houston as follows:
Curacao- +599 94656633
Houston- +1 (832) 240-4234
Corporate questions for the region can be referred to +1-914-826-0045 during this period of time
Thank you for your understanding and we hope for fair winds and following seas during this event.
Sincerely Yours,
Subsea Global Solutions LLC
Subsea Global Solutions Halifax received an emergency call recently that a ferry in a remote part of Northeastern Canada was experiencing an oil leak in the port stern tube. Our crew was quickly assembled and dispatched to the vessel to diagnose and repair the cause of the leak.
Due to the heavy traffic load at the height of tourist season, the ferry schedule could not be interrupted – and as such, all works were to be completed at night while the ferry wasn’t running. Subsea Global Solutions dive technicians completed an initial inspection of the ferry, and removed previously installed sealing material to gain access to the port forward fairwater ahead of the strut. After further removal of the fairwater, the source of the oil leak was found – a degraded weld in five locations, between the stern tube and port bearing.
Subsea Global Solutions Class A certified wet welders were on site to complete the permanent repair to the attending surveyor’s satisfaction. Further inspection confirmed that the leak was repaired. An intermediate in-water survey was completed, revealing weld fractures in the rudder. These fractures were completely removed using carbon arc gouging techniques and the affected area was welded wet with SGS’ Class A class approved procedures and coded welder / Divers; returning the area to as built strength.
Leak test with full head pressure performed successfully
Old fairwater removed (left), new fairwater installed (right)
Unrivaled service at a moment’s notice is the cornerstone of our success at SUBSEA GLOBAL SOLUTIONS. We are ready to support your needs around the world – even in the most remote areas, at any time.
Subsea Global Solutions is a leading commercial diving company operating in the maritime industry with a highly skilled technician base of 180+ divers that are full time employed in 14 locations across 7 countries and numerous working partnerships worldwide. Subsea Global Solutions has an unparalleled technical capability to deliver turn-key solutions at a global scale. We continually strive on developing new underwater technologies and advanced service/repair methods focused on efficiencies and safety to our customers, to be “the one source for global underwater solutions”.
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