VESSEL BUILD, REPAIR & MAINTENANCE
Alewijnse Successfully Completes Electrical Refit of OceanXplorer
Alewijnse successfully completes electrical refit of OceanXplorer Alewijnse has fulfilled its scope of work as main electrical contractor on the OceanXplorer project. The vessel, formerly known as Alucia2 has been undergoing an extensive rebuild at Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam. OceanXplorer will continue the work of OceanX’s first research vessel, Alucia, broadening understanding of the Earth’s oceans. Alewijnse’s work on the project has involved the complete electrical refit – including installation of some 210km of cables.
Broad and Diverse Scope
Alewijnse’s scope of work on the project has been a broad and diverse one. For example, the company installed a far sounder to enable clear detection below the surface of the water. As OceanXplorer will operate in polar regions, this includes critically important iceberg detection capabilities. The company has also installed underwater lighting and an underwater telephone system, enabling communication from the vessel to submersibles.
Alewijnse installed two separate lighting systems – one for switching and dimming of normal light fixtures and one for controlling light temperature. Amongst other things, this facilitates filming capabilities; an important part of OceanXplorer’s mission to provide the world with greater information about our seas and oceans.
The company has upgraded the vessel’s bridge ECDIS system –
including the installation of a 55-inch Touchscreen monitor – and optimised the DP2 system with the application of the latest controls and software. Alewijnse has also upgraded the vessel’s alarm and monitoring system.
Complex, Specialist Project
Tjarco Ekkelkamp, Project Director for the OceanXplorer project at Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam explained Damen’s contracting of Alewijnse for the electrical scope, saying, “This is a complex, specialist project. The OceanXplorer combines the characteristics of an offshore vessel, a scientific research ship and a deluxe eco-tourism liner. The many projects that Damen has worked with Alewijnse on over the years include all three of these vessel types. Therefore, we were confident in their ability to meet the challenges presented by the OceanXplorer rebuild – and this judgement has certainly proven to be correct.”
OceanX
OceanX was founded in 2018 with a mission is to explore the ocean and share its discoveries with the world.
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OceanX combines next generation technology, science and storytelling to educate, inspire and connect the world with the ocean and convenes leading scientists, media entities, global leaders and philanthropy partners to drive towards greater understanding and protection of our oceans. OceanX’s milestones to date including capturing the first ever footage of the Giant Squid in its natural habitat and the first 1,000-metre deep sea submersible dives to the Antarctic seafloor.
As OceanX believes the ocean to be our most important and least explored natural resource, its team has sought to create a state-of-the-art science and media vessel, converting a former oil- survey ship into a one-of-a-kind platform for exploration, science and storytelling – OceanXplorer.
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