ABL Group (OSE: ABL Group ASA – ticker code “ABL”) is a leading independent global consultancy delivering energy, marine, engineering and digital solutions to drive safety and sustainability in renewables, maritime and oil & gas sectors. The group has offices in 39 countries worldwide and operates under four brands: ABL, OWC, Longitude and AGR.
In mid-April 2024, the FSRU Toscana was successfully towed with the support of two tugs, to the port of Genoa, Italy, where it began the first phase of an ‘extraordinary maintenance intervention’ campaign. The FSRU Toscana was subsequently towed to the port of Marseille, France, where maintenance was completed. The FSRU has recently been towed to its site offshore Livorno, Italy, where it resumed commercial operations at the end of November 2024.
ABL’s UK operations, headquartered in London, acted as MWS for the de-installation and to support the safe and successful delivery of the marine operations, including the tow-back from Marseille to Livorno, and the subsequent hook-up and pre-commissioning of the FSRU Toscana.
ABL’s scope of work covered the document review of all project and operational documentation and drawings, suitability surveys of the proposed support fleet, management of risk assessment meetings HAZID and HAZOPs, and on-site attendance to ensure operations were carried out in line with approved documentation. The MWS project management was executed by Rudra Varma, ABL’s MWS Project Manager.
“This was a technically interesting project to work on, due to the tight schedule and also to the complexities of de-installing the significant subsea infrastructure of an FSRU of this calibre. The project matched perfectly ABL’s expertise and long track-record as marine warranty surveyor, with experience from installation to operations and maintenance, to decommissioning. Furthermore, we have a strong surveyor presence in Italy, which enabled us to provide the most pragmatic and rapid support to on-site attendance.”
Sergio Leone, ABL MWS Contract Manager for the FSRU Toscana project
ABL is part of the leading global independent consultancy ABL Group ASA – delivering energy, marine, engineering and digital solutions to drive safety and sustainability in renewables, maritime and oil and gas markets. ABL Group’s extensive global footprint across 43 countries worldwide, includes an office in Genoa, Italy, via the group’s engineering and design branch, Longitude Engineering.
Across ABL Group, we provide a comprehensive technical offering to support FSRUs and other floating assets throughout their lifecycle, from initial concept and feasibility through to operations and decommissioning.
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