Allnorth has expanded its ICE service offerings with the acquisition of Dynamysk Automation Ltd. in 2024. The following is a demonstration of the bench strength added to our team.
Overview
In early 2023, when a large energy company needed a project team on the ground in Spain for a rapid-response upgrade on one of their ships—preparing it to sail back across the Atlantic to Newfoundland—they turned to us.
The ship was a large floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, and was being upgraded to extend its lifespan. It was dry docked in Spain to have a significant portion of the work completed before being returned to Canada.
As the drydock work was nearing completion, additional resources were needed within a very tight timeframe in order to get the ship ready to sail. We were asked to provide a team of 12 qualified instrumentation technicians to assist with the final phase of the project.
Our Role
Due to previous projects we had completed for the client, they had every confidence that we would be able to deliver the team they needed with in the timeframe they specified, and we did. Within seven days of receiving the request from the client, we had a crew with the required qualifications assembled, all travel paperwork was in order, and the first few members of the crew were on their way to Spain.
Unique Challenges
We were also tasked with supervising a critical construction job that need to be completed before the ship sailed, which our team did with the help of translation apps to assist them in communicating in Spanish with the local tradespeople on the job.
Two months later, once the ship was ready to set sail, five members of the team were asked to join the crew on the ship to provide additional maintenance support as the ship made its way back across the Atlantic to home waters, where the final upgrade work was to be completed.
Valued Expertise
In early April 2023, we received a request for another crew to assist with commissioning in Newfoundland. Once again, we assembled the right team for the job and successfully conducted the work.