A short Christmas break for Bill as he rejoins the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Project as client for Vattenfall.
Bill joined the Boskalis/VBMS CLV Ndurance in Rotterdam for trials of their Trenchformer tracked trenching system. The vessel then departed Holland for Hartlepool calling at the JDR Cable Factory for the loading of the approx. 17km cable lengths. On this particular project the export cables and the array cables are identical, i.e. the 11x 8Mw turbines producing AC power direct to the beach, a short distance away at approx. 2.4km.
The CLV Ndurance is equipped with a 5000T carousel, 15T tensioner, 60T Trenchformer tracked vehicle equipped with 1.5m chain cutter and 1.5m/3.0m jet swords. ROV support is supplied by a Saab Seaeye Leopard TMS system.
Bill joined the Boskalis/VBMS CLV Ndurance in Rotterdam for trials of their Trenchformer tracked trenching system. The vessel then departed Holland for Hartlepool calling at the JDR Cable Factory for the loading of the approx. 17km cable lengths. On this particular project the export cables and the array cables are identical, i.e. the 11x 8Mw turbines producing AC power direct to the beach, a short distance away at approx. 2.4km.
The CLV Ndurance is equipped with a 5000T carousel, 15T tensioner, 60T Trenchformer tracked vehicle equipped with 1.5m chain cutter and 1.5m/3.0m jet swords. ROV support is supplied by a Saab Seaeye Leopard TMS system.
Bill releases a book - Underwater ROV's.
I am always been asked about about ROV's, what do they do, how do you control them, how do I become a ROV pilot etc. I got interested in the self-publication of books through Kindle and iBooks, so I thought that I should give it a go.
If your remotely (get it?) interested in ROV's or maybe work in the accounts office of a company where ROV's are used, but you never get close to them and answering the questions you might have, then this book will give you that basic insight. Available currently in the Amazon bookstore for Kindle, but if there is a demand then I will look at producing a hard copy and/or a iBooks version.
http://bit.ly/ROVAwareness
I am always been asked about about ROV's, what do they do, how do you control them, how do I become a ROV pilot etc. I got interested in the self-publication of books through Kindle and iBooks, so I thought that I should give it a go.
If your remotely (get it?) interested in ROV's or maybe work in the accounts office of a company where ROV's are used, but you never get close to them and answering the questions you might have, then this book will give you that basic insight. Available currently in the Amazon bookstore for Kindle, but if there is a demand then I will look at producing a hard copy and/or a iBooks version.
http://bit.ly/ROVAwareness