You could try Subsea 7 in Aberdeen they have their own build ROVS There are many operators in the Gulf of Mexico the biggest being Oceaneering of course. Have a look at the IMCA website (international Marine Contractors Association. They will list all the ROV members there.
The only thing I can recall was an article in the Marine Engineers review many years ago which compared many dry docking budgets against cost and came up with some stats. The only one I remember (and it is probably innacurate now) was that the majority are 20% over buddget due mainly to...
I too have just started with auto cad light and I can recommend the following, spend a couple of hours going throught the tutorial that came with the package it has a follow me type learning system. When you are bored with that then try and start your own drawing. The best tip I can give you is...
The only exception to tha above two comments is by use of an inert gas generator which utilises the reverse osmosis principle to produce pure nitrogen (in stages from 5%O2 downwards) This may would displace a lot of the H2s however further boil off from cargo could mix with the N2 but I cannot...
Co2 scrubber systems remove the CO2 by use of "soda sorb" and simple fridge systems remove the waterby condensation. Atmosphere control is extremely important for people breathing compressed gasses.
In 30 years I have never seen a vessel with a stern thruster and no bow thruster presumably because most boat handlers can coax some rear lateral movement out of the craft by use of the props residual side thrust and flow across the rudder. In improving the manouverability of several vessels we...
System design would depend largely on the requirements of the consumers and the quality of HFO supplied in the first case. Systems have ranged from those with mixers and re homoginisers to those that simply take their suction above the tank bottom....Again Piping diameter and fuel velocity will...
