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Ship Repair

Recent projects and upgrades from ship repair and conversion

Kongsberg Maritime Updates Aker BP’s Alvheim FPSO

Kongsberg Maritime project team carried out an up- grade of the Safety and Automation Systems on an

A Aker BP Floating Production Storage and Of? oading (FPSO). The FPSO was converted into an FPSO in 2008 and renamed Alvheim after the oil ? eld in which it operates in the

North Sea. At the time its hull system was not upgraded, and in 2020 it was reaching the end of its working life. Kongs- berg Maritime’s team organized the full-scale replacement of 19 SAS controllers as an EPCI (Engineering, Procurement,

Construction and Installation) project. KM’s scope of sup- ply encompassed everything from engineering, procurement,

Photo courtesy Kongsberg Maritime fabrication and documentation to testing, offshore installation and commissioning of the hull SAS cabinets. The project pro- I’m very proud of everyone who contributed to our success,” ceeded with a procurement order from Aker BP in February says Nicola Barbati, Project Manager, Oil & Gas at Kongs- 2020 and culminated in October 2021 with the successful live berg Maritime. “Around 30 determined people from across ? eld test on the last controller offshore. “This complex and our global organization played a crucial role in delivering this challenging project for Aker BP really tested our limits, and high-quality project to a very satis? ed customer.”

Pro? le: Alabama Shipyard labama Shipyard, Mobile Ala., has a long history of providing

Aship repair services on the Gulf

Coast. With one of the largest, commer- cially used ? oating dry-docks on the East and Gulf Coasts, and more than 5,000 ft. of wet berth space available, Alabama

Shipyard can service most vessels in operation today. Since its establishment in 2018, the company has invested more than $17 million completing signi? cant upgrades to the facility; including a complete overhaul and upgrade to one of the existing piers and plans to invest

Photo courtesy Alabama Shipyard another $20 million on other capital im- provements in the future. The company recently named Lee Stokes as COO and tomers including, Military Sealift Com- is focused on growing the shipbreaking

Tim DeLong as CFO. mand (MSC) and the Maritime Admin- sector to include Government assets as

During the pandemic Alabama Ship- istration (MARAD). Alabama Shipyard well. Alabama Shipyard recently se- yard remained fully operational with seasoned workforce continues to exceed cured a nearly $26 million contract for minimal impact to daily operations customer expectations and provide the regular overhaul and dry-docking while keeping its employees and cus- quality service. of Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) tomers safe and healthy. Alabama Shipyard’s shipbreaking hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH

During the second half of 2021, Ala- division successfully dismantled three 20), the U.S. Department of Defense bama Shipyard successfully completed jack-up rigs in the last six months and announced. Work is scheduled to begin several long-term dry-dockings and will support APTIM with dismantling March 1 and is expected to be complet- top-side availabilities for a range of cus- the SSSB that was awarded in 2020 and ed by July 28, 2022.

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