NEPTUN's HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT

NEPTUN was established in 1870 under the name of BERGNINGS- OCH DYKERIAKTIEBOLAGET NEPTUN (SALVAGE AND DIVING COMPANY NEPTUN).

From a proud past as a major salvage contractor the company diversified into general marine contracting work.

The experience and skill gained during work in harsh environmental conditions have been further developed to meet the demands from the marine industry and from the offshore industry in particular.

NEPTUN record covers 130 years of operation and includes such spectacular tasks as

-The salvage of the ancient warship VASA that had been laying at the bottom of the sea since 1628. She was raised by Neptun in April 1961. In

December 1988 we finalised the work by transporting and docking VASA into the new VASA Maritime Museum.

-Transport of the integrated deck for the Gullfaks C platform in Norway. The weight was 48.700 t and this is the heaviest object ever transported on water. NEPTUN has earlier undertaken similar operations for other major platforms in Norway.

-Removal of 21 ships that had been sunk in the Suez-canal

-Removal of 20 ships that had been sunk within the harbour of Port of Spain, Trinidad.

-Laying of a submarine power cable (90 km of 90 mm dia) between the mainland of Sweden and the island of Gotland.

-Lifting of a giant floating dock in Norway (36.000 t) for repair after she had been heavily damaged during transport.

Most projects have been carried out in remote areas under hostile conditions and reflect NEPTUN's ability to combine the use of specialised equipment and modern offshore technology with locally available resources.
NEPTUN offer the experience and the unique know-how of technical and nautical experts trained during NEPTUN's world-wide operations.
 

As managers and engineers, NEPTUN combines all the necessary resources to execute marine projects of multi discipline character.

NE provide marine contracting related management and engineering services as consultants.

Se NEPTUN's Track Record

NEPTUN'S EXPERTISE AND CAPABILITY.
NEPTUN is specialising in undertaking marine operations of multi discipline character and
organised to handle project management and engineering tasks and employ nautical and technical experts with extensive know how from NEPTUN's world wide operations. The company have special competence within the fields of:

Heavy lift transportation	Salvage
Heavy and high lifts	Cargo recovery
Towage	Wreck removal
Barge transport systems	Project management
Submerge and refloate operations	Marine engineering
Handling of large floating objects	Development of specialised vessels
Deck mating operations for the offshore industry	Purchase of equipment and services within the marine sector

FLOATING CRANE OPERATIONS

NEPTUN operated earlier the sheer legs HEBE 1, HEBE 2, HEBELIFT 3 and of the offshore crane ship 'STANISLAV YUDIN'- 1600 t, fully revolving.

By operating the above vessels for a number of years our personnel have extensive know how of floating crane operations.

Some recent projects:

We completed the Load out, Transport and Mating of the Hibernia Topsides to the Gravity Base Structure. The Deck has a weight of 38,000t. The Hibernia Field is located on the Grand Banks East of Newfoundland, Canada. Our operation was taken place at the Bull Arm Site, located at a fjord on the Northern coast of Newfoundland.

We assisted Coflexip (SAGA/Varg Field-Norwegian sector) with the installation of a sub sea buoy acting as support of the mid-water arch for the risers. The project included extensive ROV intervention from a AHTS acting as installation platform in DP mode.

Marine Engineering and Management support for the construction and installation of the Kvaerner/ESSO/Jotun FPSO-vessel.

Structural design of a SWAMP-barge (Drilling vessel) to be used in Caspian Sea. Conceptual engineering for marine operations in connection with mobilisation, construction and operation of the unit. 

Engineering for conversion of the hull of a former dredger into a pleasure craft / cruising vessel.

Marine engineering in connection with design of house barges.

Refloating of a sunken quay.

Design of a gate for a pleasure port.

Up front engineering for load out of a 2400t compressor module for the Snøvit project.

Technical assistance in connection with salvage operations along the Swedish coast.

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This page was updated September 2^nd 2003.