
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Bristol Harbor Group, Inc.(BHGI), Bristol, RI, has recently completed design plans for modifications to Trico Moon, a 210 ft. platform supply vessel (PSV) for Trico Marine Services Company, Inc., The Woodlands, TX. Trico Marine Services and Deep Ocean Engineering, Inc. performed the modifications in Mexico, which included the addition of a habitation module, as well as subsea equipment on deck.
The installation/addition of the temporary habitability module to the port side of the cargo deck and design modifications to install Deep Ocean AS (wholly owned subsidiary of Trico Marine Group) Remote Operating Vehicle (ROV) spread to the vessel included review and development of structural, safety, life saving, and sanitary upgrades to the vessel. All plans were reviewed and approved by the American Bureau of Shipping, and the vessel’s Certificate of Inspection was increased from 22 to 33.
Ray Hoover, Trico’s Global Director of Technical Services commented, “BHGI’s timely and comprehensive commitment to the project enabled us to successfully convert the Moon, and put the vessel to work.” Trico Moon is currently supporting diving operations off the east Coast of Mexico.
Trico Marine Group www.tricomarine.com is an integrated provider of subsea, trenching and marine support vessels and services. Trico's Towing and Supply division provides a broad range of marine support services to the oil and gas industry through use of its diversified fleet of vessels including the transportation of drilling materials, supplies and crews to drilling rigs and other offshore facilities; towing drilling rigs and equipment, and support for the construction, installation, repair and maintenance of offshore facilities. Trico's Subsea Services and Subsea Protection divisions control a well equipped fleet of vessels and operate a fleet of modern ROVs and trenching and other subsea protection equipment. Trico Marine Services, Inc. is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas and has a global presence with operations in the North Sea, West Africa, Mexico, Brazil and Southeast Asia.
BHGI provides naval architecture, marine engineering and construction oversight services, both commercial and recreational. Their commercial work includes small passenger vessels, oil and deck barges, tugboats, patrol vessels and offshore supply vessels. Recreational vessel work includes mega yachts as well as powerboats and sailboats. Visit the BHGI website to view their most recent projects: www.bristolharborgroup.com.