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PRODUCTS Deck Machinery

SCARETECH

KONGSBERG

DECK MACHINERY

Offshore Engineer’s previous

SCARETECH KONGSBERG edition’s product feature focused SEABIRD POO BE GONE HUGIN L&R

Seabird poo or ‘guano’ is a huge problem Kongsberg Maritime’s new LARS on mooring systems. See more @: for the global offshore wind industry as (Launch and Recovery System) for the https://bit.ly/MooringsOE it poses a serious health risk, due to its HUGIN range of Autonomous Under-

Looking at the featured photo highly carcinogenic qualities, and is ex- water Vehicles (AUVs) permits midships above, showing what appears to tremely expensive to remove. Enter the operation, with release and capture oc- be a scarecrow - it is - it might

Scaretech scarecrow. Designed to look curring beneath the sea surface.

be hard to guess the topic of like an offshore wind worker in full pro- Operating from midships frees up valu- this Offshore Engineer’s product tective clothing, Scaretech is manufac- able aft deck space, enhances safety by re- feature. It’s Deck Machinery, tured from steel, ?exible foam and PVC moving the need to work over the stern,

Equipment, Cranes for and powered by solar panels. It can op- and protects AUVs from damage by the erate in extreme weather conditions and launch vessel. Launching and recover- offshore applications. So why is emits sporadic loud noises and high-in- ing underwater – away from the splash there a scarecrow in it? tensity strobe lights which deters seabirds zone – permits operation in higher sea

Well, it’s on a deck, it’s offshore, from landing on the structure. In one states, reducing the risk of weather dam- and it’s a machine, sort of. Learn year since the installation on an offshore age while boosting productivity to deliver more reading to the right.

wind substation, it has reduced guano signi?cant cost savings. For deployment on the structure from approximately 50- and recovery, the heave-compensated 60% coverage to virtually nothing. LARS cradle is lowered into the water, 44 OFFSHORE ENGINEER OEDIGITAL.COM