Global offshore geotechnical information procurement, evaluation and also reporting professional Geoquip Marine has actually verified the ongoing growth of its fleet with the enhancement of an additional Integrated Geotechnical Survey Vessel (IGSV) the Geoquip Elena.
Geoquip Elena is arrangement as a professional deep-push Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) vessel and also has actually been gotten to include crucial capability to the need from overseas windfarm designers, specifically in Europe and also North America.
The Geoquip Elena is a 4000 lot IGSV, 91m in size and also 19m in breadth. It was constructed at Vard Brattvaag, Norway in 2002.
Geoquip Elena is presently being fitted with among Geoquip’s 200kN seabed CPT systems, which can run a variety of seabed infiltration examination devices.
Once functional on the seabed the CPT device passes on information to a driver aboard in real-time where it is after that refined. The 200kN system supplies a constant account of idea resistance, sleeve rubbing and also pore water stress, which can be made use of for the derivation of shear stamina in natural dirts and also the loved one thickness of non-cohesive dirts.
The gear can dependably press to midsts over of 40m and also is consequently preferably fit for collecting information for the building of structures for overseas windfarms.
Geoquip Elena signs up with 5 various other DP2 and also four-point moored vessels in the business’s fleet, which supply an extremely flexible series of overseas geotechnical examination solutions in all components of the globe.
“We are delighted to announce the addition of Geoquip Elena to our fleet, providing greatly needed additional capacity for deep bed CPT services in our busiest locations,” statesChief Executive Officer Stewart Higginson “The company has experienced tremendous growth in the last few years and the demand for offshore wind power continues to gather ever greater momentum.
“The Geoquip Elena will focus mainly on work in Europe and the Eastern seaboard of the United States, both regions where we have accumulated vast experience of working in recent years and where there is great demand for Deep Push CPT. The extra capacity provided by Geoquip Elena will significantly reduce waiting times for developers in these regions.”
