Supply of a launch and recovery system
Launch and Recovery System of IHC Engineering
The A-Frame system will be used to launch and recover a new build trenching ROV.
Launch and recovery systems have been used to handle a wide range of equipment from ROVs to the largest cable ploughs. All of the systems are designed to maximise productivity, provide a long and reliable service life and minimise through life operational costs by careful design and high quality construction.
This award will mark the second LARS that IHC EB has built for Canyon, having previously supplied a 95 tonne SWL system for the i-Trencher, which was built in 2008.
The new LARS will be able to launch and recover the 35 tonne vehicle in up to "Sea State 5". The system will be designed over the coming months, before assembly and testing at IHC EB's Port of Tyne support base for delivery in 2012.
