Welcome to LOC Group
LOC Group is the premier international marine and engineering consulting firm with over 35 offices located in Europe, Africa, Americas, Middle East, Asia and Australia.
Transportation & Installation Support
Working with the world’s largest offshore renewable energy installation contractors, LOC Renewables provides market-leading technical expertise supporting transportation and installation (T&I) operations for offshore assets of any size, weight and value. Our capabilities in offshore infrastructure engineering includes T&I operations for cables, substations, jackets, monopiles, transition pieces, towers, nacelles and blades racks. These services have been provided for barges, ships and jack-up installation vessels.
Projects
LOC Renewables brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to each individual client’s project from our comprehensive track record of successfully completed renewable energy engineering projects. We also have an in-depth knowledge of the Classification Society and Marine Warranty Surveyor requirements that apply to this maturing market.
Our T&I capabilities covers the following services:
- Naval architecture services including: stability, motions, hydrodynamics, blade tip immersion, skidding and survival moorings, load outs and transportations for both cable and infrastructure installation jack-up vessels
- Structural design, analysis, 2D drawings and 3D modelling for vessel and marine operations ranging from global FEA to local seafastenings to meet Class and MWS requirements
- Permanent vessel conversions for cable lay / transportation including: carousel integration, back deck layouts, accommodation blocks, mooring systems and DP conversions
- Temporary cable lay vessel mobilisations including structural services from carousel integrations through to concept deck layouts, design and seafastenings for cable handling equipment such as tensioners, diverters, chutes and shipyard support and project management to optimise the mobilisation process
- Site specific analysis of self-elevating platforms
- Operability studies for limiting sea state of marine operations
- Cable lay, pull-in and seabed stability Orcaflex analyses
Key Contacts
Renewables Services
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