Leask Marine complete 5-month O&M Offshore wind programme

Published on December 20 2021

Leask Marine have completed a 5-month O&M preventative maintenance programme installing Dynamic Bend Stiffeners on cables at the London Array offshore wind farm to help extend the life of their subsea assets.

The programming saw Leask Marine’s C-Fenna and newly commissioned C-Force, working side by side to clean marine growth from existing cable protection systems before installing the Dynamic Bend Stiffener using a bespoke installation system.

Both vessels worked 24h with the C-Force conducting DBS installations with back-to-back dive team shifts. The C-Fenna working to place anchors at a total of 212 positions, ready for the C-Force DBS installing operations.

Supporting vessels on the project included Leask Marine’s new C-Defender work vessels as well has chartered in CTV’s.

Additionally, to the project scope Leask Marine carried out its civic duty to rescue a total of 3 yachts which had run aground on the local sandbanks.