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April 2011 www.marinelink.com 27 adjusting the precise engineering design with the field conditions provided. Co- efficient of friction issues encountered were mitigated with good planning and cooperation of team members.

As depicted, each maneuver had to be precise and well planned. Safety and procedural meetings were held before every stage of the operation in order to provide clarity of communication lines and to ensure the utmost considerations were being given to the safety of every person involved in every procedure.

The complexity of combining the land transportation provided by Mammoet, along with the marine transportation in- terfaces provided by Dockwise, is a re- flection of Dockwise’s growing reputation as a skilled project manager, able to combine the proper marine trans- portation expertise with the necessary imagination required to successfully ex- ecute a “turn-key” logistics solution like the Swecomex project. www.dockwise.com

Dockwise was awarded the contract for the Swecomex Independencia I, the first jack-up rig ever constructed in Mexico. The scope of work for

Dockwise included the opportunity to conceive, engineer, manage, and ex- ecute this historic operation.