MARINE & ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS

London Offshore Consultants

Subsea Cable Installation
A Marine Warranty View


NAREC Offshore Renewables and Subsea Power Cables Workshop
4 December 2013
Introduction
Introduction
LOC
Marine Warranty
Cable Lay Overview
Planning
Operations
Issues

London Offshore Consultants
Established in 1979
Serving both Shipping and Energy Markets
LOC Group
Has over 200 technical staff
24 Operating offices worldwide
LOC Group Offices Worldwide
Our People
Over 300 professional staff including dedicated contract personnel
20 nationalities
12 languages
Broad range of disciplines
Naval Architects
Master Mariners
Marine Engineers
Marine Civil Engineers
Structural Engineers
Offshore Engineers
Subsea & Pipeline Engineers
Our Services
Shipping
Marine Casualty Investigations
Salvage and Wreck Removals
Strength, Stability and Motions
Analysis
Cargo Damage
Fixed Object Damage
Expert Witness
Loss Prevention Studies
Surveys, Inspections and Audits
Claims, Disputes and Litigation


Our Services (cont.)
Energy
Marine Warranty Surveying (MWS)
Transportation and Installation
Evaluation and Verification
Offshore Incident / Casualty
Investigations
Surveys, Inspections and Audits

Our Clients
Insurers
Protection and Indemnity (P & I) Clubs
Hull & Machinery (H & M) Underwriters
Energy Underwriters
Maritime Lawyers
Ship-owners
Energy Companies
Banks / Ship Financiers
Shipbrokers
Governments


MARINE & ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS

Marine Warranty Surveying
Energy (Oil and Gas)
Renewables

The MWS Surveyor Role
The fundamental objective of the Marine Warranty Surveyor
is to make reasonable endeavours to ensure that the risks
associated with the warranted operations to which a
Warranty Surveyor is appointed are reduced to an
acceptable level in accordance with best industry practice.
The MWS Surveyor Role
The MWS is an independent consultant employed by the
assured to carry out the following:

Document Reviews
Design Specifications
Design Calculations and
Drawings
Procedures
Vessel Suitability Surveys
Operations Approvals



Operational Approvals
Critical operations require a Certificate of Approval:
Load-out /Loadin
Sail-away/Securing/Seafastening
Installation (Pull in, laying, burial, trenching)
Repair
Certificates of Approval are normally issued prior to the
commencement of an operation but some Underwriters also
require them on completion of the operation
Overview of Cable Installation
Planning
Cable Delivery
Cable Pull In
Cable Lay
Cable Protection
Post Lay Survey
Planning
Route Survey
Cable Risk Analysis
Burial Assessment
Burial Management Plan
Vessel Selection
Burial Method and Tool Selection
Analysis
Method Statement and Task Plans

Cable Delivery
Load Out at Factory
Transportation
Transpool to
Installation Vessel
Cable Pull In
Beach Landing
Rollers
Floating
Pull Through Duct
Trench
Cable Pull In
First End Foundation
Cable Protection System
Second End Foundation
Cable Protection System
Quadrant

Cable Lay
Simultaneous Lay and
Burial
Plough
J etting
Trenching
Cable Lay
Free Lay and Post Lay
Burial
J etting
Trenching
Lay into Trench
Backfill


Cable Protection
Hazards
Fishing
Anchors
Vessel Activity
Scour
Seabed Mobility
Dredging


Mitigation
Burial
Rock Berm
Gabion Bags
Mattress
Split Pipe
Articulated Pipe

Post Lay Survey
Multibeam Echo
Sounder
Seabed Modelling to
Establish Datum for
Future Surveys
Hazards, Exposed Cable
Side Scan Sonar
Seabed Imagery, Hazards,
Exposed Cable
Magnetometer
Cable Burial Depth
Sub Bottom Profiler
May Give Burial Depth

Issues
Planning
Inadequate Survey
Burial Assessment
Vessel Selection
Tool Selection
Installation
Design of Foundation
Interface
Competence
Contingencies



MARINE & ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS
London Offshore Consultants


Subsea Cable Installation
A Marine Warranty View


NAREC Offshore Renewables and Subsea Power Cables Workshop
4 December 2013