Marine & Operational service

ERC has extensive experience within tow and transport of Jack-ups, semi-submersibles, drillships, FPSOs, FSUs and barges.

  • Planning and coordination of offshore rig moves, long-distance mobilization tows, and dry transports

  • Vessel chartering

  • Increase of rig move operability (reduction of waiting on weather) by optimizing rig move planning and –execution

  • Development of site-specific installation criteria for jack-up units

  • Provision of experienced marine advisors, strategic procurement advisors and tow masters

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ERC differs from others by:

  • Having in-depth knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of most rig designs in the market

  • Having extensive experience from establishing and managing complex contracts and charter parties

  • Having a business model focusing on cost-efficient project execution for its clients and partners

services include planning and management of:

  • Rig moves of jack-up rigs and semi-submersible rigs

  • Anchor handling operations including anchor pre-laying operations in mature fields

  • Long-distance tows of rigs and floating production units (FPSOs, FPUs, FSUs)

  • Dry transportation of rigs and other structures on heavy transport vessels

  • Docking operations

  • Heavy lifts

MARINE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT BUSINESS MODELS

ERC offers marine operations services using business models catered to suit the individual client’s needs, ranging between:

  • Specialist services for individual work packages in projects, provided by one ERC personnel integrated in clients’ project teams

  • A to Z management of the marine operation, provided by a team of ERC personnel under an engineering, procurement and management assistance (EPMA) framework

The key element in ERC’s marine operations management business model is identifying our clients’ best execution models.

MARINE ENGINEERING AND - ANALYSES

Marine engineering and –analyses services offered by ERC and strategic partners include:

  • Motion response analyses

  • Mooring analyses

  • Site-specific analyses for jack-up rigs

  • Riser analyses

  • Lifting analyses

  • Operability analyses

  • Operational procedures for marine operations

MARINE ADVISORY

Marine advisory services offered by ERC and strategic partners include:

  • Third party verification

  • Incident investigations

  • Technical- and commercial procurement assistance, including development of combined technical- and commercial evaluation models

  • Marine assurance including vessel inspections and audits of vessel management

  • Cold eyes review

  • Development of go / no-go criteria for marine operations, using combined technical- and commercial evaluation models