Getting there

After waiting to see our trenching equipment, it's finally here. The closest it has been, but still not on board. Currently the umbilical are being prepared, then we will conduct a load test of the winch and A-frame, and then we can take on board the trencher. As it may seem, the thing is huge.

It's weight is 22000 kg in air, but even if this is big the vessel is still constructed to accommodate even bigger tools. Initially the vessel was constructed to carry the 200 tonnes RT-1 trencher that is 22 m long by 13 meters wide. We might have this monster on board at a later stage. Who knows.

Last two days have been both challenging, and interesting. After a two days audit, there are only found 10 items consider important enough to mention in the report. Even though the goal should be zero, we are still very satisfied because this auditor were especially thorough, and looked into our deepest manuals, and procedures. Adding to that it have been very educative for my part. I feel myself that I've learned a lot, especially regarding the vessels operation manuals and procedures.