Offshore staff
ASKER, Norway — 4Subsea has won a contract to supply Marine Operations DynOps, a digital solution designed to improve operability of any weather-dependent marine vessel operation. The client is a shipping operator on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
The system employs the company’s 4Insight data sharing platform, said to allow vessel operators to use motion sensors, GPS data and weather forecasts to accurately predict how a ship will react to the environment up to a week in advance.
According to the company, operating limits for offshore operations are traditionally determined based on analyses performed before the program takes place. The limiting sea states for a marine operation are typically based on historical environmental data and analysis approximations, and this can introduce inaccurate limitations.
4Subsea claims DynOps cuts time waiting on weather for marine operations by up to 30%.
CEO Peter Jenkins said, “By providing both onshore and offshore personnel with the ability to safely prepare for operations up to a week in advance, companies can not only make significant savings on the cost of their campaigns, but also ensure that they are done in a timely fashion. The future of marine operations will see an increasing focus on sustainability, automation and digitalization. For the offshore wind sector, it will soon help streamline the installation process and, looking further ahead, will also smoothen maintenance procedures when operational.”
06.02.2023
