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MARINE & ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS
London Offshore Consultants
Subsea Cable Installation A Marine Warranty View
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:
Document Reviews
Design Specifications
Design Calculations and
Drawings
Procedures
Vessel Suitability Surveys
Operations Approvals
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 Jetting Trenching
Cable Lay
Free Lay and Post Lay Burial
Jetting Trenching
Lay into Trench Backfill
Cable Protection
Hazards Fishing Anchors Vessel Activity Scour Seabed Mobility Dredging
Mitigation Burial Rock Berm Gabion Bags Mattress Split Pipe Articulated Pipe
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
IntroductionLondon Offshore ConsultantsLOC Group Offices WorldwideOur PeopleOur ServicesOur Services (cont.)Our ClientsThe MWS Surveyor Role The MWS Surveyor Role Operational ApprovalsOverview of Cable InstallationPlanningCable DeliveryCable Pull InCable Pull InCable LayCable LayCable ProtectionPost Lay SurveyIssues
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