LOC provided MWS for the Buchan Alpha Floating Production Unit
In August, Repsol Sinopec Resources UK delivered the Buchan Alpha Floating Production Unit to Veolia, at Dales Voe in the Shetland Islands, for dismantling. LOC Aberdeen provided Marine…
Case Studies
Sea Trials
LOC were approached last year by a client with two 26m aluminium wind farm support vessels on order at a Far East shipyard which were displaying apparent course stability…
HMS Caroline Move for Underwater Refurbishment
BACKGROUND: HMS Caroline is a 3,700-ton veteran light cruiser, the last remaining vessel from the World War One Battle of Jutland and is presently a floating five-star museum located at…
Gwynt-y-Mor – Marine Warranty Survey
CLIENT: RWE Innogy TYPE: Offshore wind farm LOCATION: Liverpool Bay WATER DEPTH: 13.4m – 21.4m DATES: 2011 to 2015 LOC Scope of Work Marine warranty surveying is usually a requirement of the developer’s ‘Construction All…
Robin Rigg – Marine Warranty Survey
CLIENT: E.on UK TYPE: Offshore Wind Farm LOCATION: Offshore Solway Firth WATER DEPTH: 20m to drying DATES: 2007 to 2010 LOC Scope of Work Marine warranty surveying is usually a requirement of the developer’s…
Humber Gateway Offshore Windfarm
CLIENT: E.on UK TYPE: Offshore wind farm LOCATION: Offshore Humber Estuary WATER DEPTH: 20m to drying DATES: 2012 to 2015 LOC Scope of Work LOC was appointed as marine warranty surveyor to review the operational…
Incident at a Major Petroleum Terminal, France
In LOC’s latest project, we were instructed to carry out an onsite inspection and provide technical advice to a London based P&I Club following a substantial FOD incident at…
Port Chicago, Concord, California
This case study involves an incident in Port Chicago, Concord, California. Although relatively simple at the outset – a vessel with steering failure alliding with a berth causing significant…
Cargo Classification
LOC recently investigated the analysis of a cargo on behalf of sub-Charterers that was reported to be Group C (not likely to liquefy) which suffered moisture contamination during loading. …
LOC London manages MWS project for LNG construction in the Arctic
LOC London is acting as the marine warranty surveyor, providing independent third-party design review and approval of marine operations including load-out, seafastening, transportation, shipping and offloading of cargo dedicated…