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Analysis were ahead of their time,” Heerema said. “When you have vision you have to have courage to

Pioneering Spirit

Photos from Allseas.

’s inauguration paid tribute to Edward Heerema’s father, Pieter Schetle. pursue it boldly and

Heerema, who has driven the vision for the vessel. relentlessly and you have to build on speculation. You can have “My father taught to always think outside the box, to tread a nice design but you are not going to get a contract based on a beyond the beaten path,” said Edward Heerema, during the nice design.” inauguration on a specially adapted barge installed between On the sidelines of the inauguration, Allseas also named the vessel’s twin hull lifting slot, refecting on how his father what will become its second mega-lift vessel, Amazing Grace, had introduced innovations to the industry, including the which is planned to be able to lift 72,000-tonne topsides, com- semisubmersible crane vessels Balder and Hermod. “They pared to the Pioneering Spirit’s 48,000-tonne capacity. Amazing

The Island Performer,

Island Performer docks in New Orleans which recently completed its under a fve-year contract with Mexico sat docked at the Port of As the last throes of winter ush- frst job investigating the sea

FTO Services, a joint venture New Orleans, Island Ofshore’s ered in the grey, misty weather bottom in Norway, hoped to between FMC Technologies and newbuild subsea support vessel upon the mighty Mississippi drum up local business while

Edison Chouest Ofshore, in the . River in early March, a soon to in town, and laissez les bon

Island Performer

Gulf of Mexico. Built in 2014, the vessel is be familiar visitor in the Gulf of temps rouler (let the good times roll), as the locals say.

The vessel has been equipped with a new deep- water riserless light well intervention stack from FMC

Technologies, which enables the vessel to carry out well interventions at depths of up to 6500ft (2000m) and pressures of 10,000psi. The intervention tower sits just over the 8m x 8m moon pool, which is over the ship’s center of gravity.

The is

Island Performer an Ulstein-designed SX121 model, built by the Ulstein

The at

Island Performer the Port of New Orleans.

Photos from FMC Technologies.

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