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Marine Construction and Windfarm Installation and Maintenance

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With Thrustmaster’s main offices in Houston, Texas, the heart of the offshore and energy industry, it is only natural that our thrusters are often used in offshore construction applications like platform installation, pipelay, subsea manifold and riser installation, cable lay, bridge construction, dredging, and many more applications.

 

3000 Hydraulic Horsepower (2300kW)

Marine construction vessels must hire tugs and crews in order to move their maintenace vessels just a short distance. Positioning of ships, barges and platforms using easy to install hydraulic thrusters is a Thrustmaster specialty. By makeing the vessel self-propelled then work barges and even ships can be moved about the offshore marine site to install and maintain bridges or platforms and to overhaul equipment with ease. These portable hydraulic thrusters can be manually operated, or, connected to a DP computer to hold position next to a platform or wind generator.

 

Another Thrustmaster specialty is retractable hydraulic azimuth thrusters also up to 3000hp (2300kW). These thrusters can be installed inside the vessel and use a below deck diesel or electric driven Hydraulic Power Unit to free up deck space. Look to Thrustmaster for the largest variety of heavy duty, reliable thrusters in diesel, electric, or hydraulic power sources.

 

 

 

 

 

Offshore Windfarm and Alternate Energy Installation and Maintenance

For conversion of existing vessels, Thrustmaster offers turn-key DP-upgrade packages which have already saved operators millions of dollars by not permantly changing the vessel but rather, temporarily converting to dynamic positioning and then reverting the ship or barge once a contract is completed.

With the burgeoning alternate energy market the use of converted ships, jack-up rigs, and specialty barges to install and maintain the equipment above and below the waterline, especially as the market seeks to move into deeper water or more remote fields, is easily addressed with Thrustmaster's PDPS to work in any depth water for installation and maintenance.

Coupled with radar and laser range finding the Thrustmaster PDPS system can DP in the middle of an alternate energy farm and move from platform to platform quickly and efficiently to help sustain the field and keep profits at a maximum.

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Thrusters Hydraulic Power Unit mounted above deck
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Dynamic Positioning Thrusters surrounded by pipe protection
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Titan 2 Catamaran with Thrustmaster Thrusters
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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