Aqualis Offshore wins FPSO topside warranty survey job

LONDON -- Aqualis Offshore has been contracted by Cantex Global Logistics to provide the marine warranty surveyor (MWS) services for FPSO P67 and P70 topside modules transportation from various Brazilian ports to COOEC’s yard in Qingdao, China.   

The scope of work for Aqualis Offshore, part of Oslo-listed Aqualis ASA, is to provide the MWS services for the load out and sail away of the transport vessels in Brazil, as well as the discharges of the modules in Qingdao, China. The contract value is undisclosed.

A total of 29 topside modules for the FPSO P67 and P70 will be transported in eight shipments from Brazil to China. The maximum module weight is about 1,650 metric tonnes. Aqualis Offshore has been contracted to provide marine warranty services for six of the eight shipments, including load out and sail away from Brazil to China, as well as discharges of all modules at COOEC’s Qingdao yard.

Aqualis Offshore’s offices in Shanghai, China and in Rio, Brazil are working on this project. 

Aqualis Offshore has already completed the MWS for loadout and sail away for one vessel, and it will oversee the loadout for another three vessels in Brazil in a few weeks’ time. The remaining two shipments from Brazil will be completed in the summer of 2016.  

For surveying the discharges, Aqualis Offshore finished the first shipment in Qingdao China on Feb. 15. The discharge of the second vessel will start at the end of February. The rest of the vessels will arrive in Qingdao for discharges in March, April and in the third quarter of 2016.