THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE A L A B A M A OF The ALABAMA STATE PORT AUTHORITY SEAPORT September 20 10 ICS ad-8.5x11-Alabama:MAp ads 4/20/10 9:51 AM Page 1 Alabama Seaport PuBlishED continuOuSly since 1927 • September 2010 On The Cover: The BOa SuB C became the command center at the site of the DEEPWATEr hOrIZOn oil spill, taking on BP representatives and officers from the u.S. Coast guard. read the role aker Solutions played in stopping the leak in this month’s cover story. Photo provided by Scanpix. 4 10 Alabama State Port Authority P.O. Box 1588, Mobile, Alabama 36633, USA P: 251.441.7200 • F: 251.441.7216 • asdd.com Contents James K. Lyons, Director, CEO Larry R. Downs, Secretary-Treasurer/CFO aker Solutions: From rescue to Solution at DeepwaTEr Horizon .....4 Financial SerVices around-the-world Service Offered by mCT ..................................................7 Larry Downs, Secretary/Treasurer 251.441.7050 Linda K. 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JACKSONVILLE / 904.786.8038 / WWW.ICSLOGIST ICS.COM aker Solutions: From rescue to Solution at DeepwaTEr Horizon Aker Solutions’ vessel BOA SUB C was the first to arrive at approximately 2 a.m. on April 21, to take part in Aker Solutions’ vessel the BOA SUB C, homeported in Mobile, Ala., was search and rescue operations at Deepwater Horizon. on its way to begin work on a month-long campaign with BP in the Gulf of Photo provided by Scanpix. Mexico on April 20 when the unexpected happened. The vessel received a distress call from the DEEPWATER HORIZON located in the Macondo field just 35 miles away. In less than four hours at approximately 2 a.m. on April 21, Bob Riley, governor of alabama BOA SUB C arrived at location to take part in search and rescue operations. Alabama State Port Authority Tim Parker Jr., Chair, Tuscaloosa “As soon as the accident happened, we offered our full support to BP,” said Term expires July 31, 2013 Erik Wilk, country manager for Aker Solutions in the U.S. “We were already William B. Bru, Mobile on contract with BP at a nearby field and were able to assist immediately.” Term expires august 2, 2014 H.L. “Sonny” Callahan, Mobile The BOA SUB C and its crew were quickly put under the control of the U.S. Term expires august 2, 2014 David J. Cooper, Mobile Coast Guard (USCG). After spending nearly a day recovering sections Term expires July 31, 2013 of DEEPWATER HORIZON’s lifeboats to deck, as well as deck testing, Maj. Gen. J. Gary Cooper, USMC (RET) fitting and deploying remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) with intervention Term expires July 31, 2010 tooling, DEEPWATER HORIZON sank on April 22 at 10:25 a.m. “The Mike Fields, Tuscaloosa sight of DEEPWATER HORIZON slipping below the surface was surreal,” Term expires august 2, 2014 Vacant, Birmingham explained Doug Duncan, senior superintendent onboard BOA SUB C. Term expires July 31, 2010 Steve Thornton, huntsville The BOA SUB C became the command center on-site, taking on BP Term expires July 31, 2010 representatives and officers from the USCG. Aker Solutions’ crew members The Honorable Merceria Ludgood, onboard the vessel were tasked with activities very familiar to them, including Mobile County Commission (Ex-Officio) installing a new set of flexible risers from the blow-out preventer (BOP) and Term Expires July 31, 2010 hooking them to the manifold. Alabama Seaport Editorial Staff Judith Adams, Editor-in-Chief Maureen Smith, managing Editor Scott Rye, Contributing Editor “Our core competence really came in to use in these types planning, project management, engineering and operations Sheri Reid, Editor-at-large of operations. Our vessels are tailor-made for deepwater and management while BP was working toward a solution. Editorial Contributors subsea construction jobs, which gives us a solid working Johanna kelly platform. However, the core skills for these jobs lie with the In order to explore several capping scenarios, Aker Solutions’ niki lim operations crew onboard and our engineering and project teams worked in tandem with BP teams. “BP would often Vanessa mcgee planning resources, supported by the marine crew that runs approach us with an operation that would need to be com- greta Sharp the vessel,” said Hallgier Holthe, a Norwegian shift superin- pleted only a few days away, requiring the team to prepare maureen Smith tendent onboard. procedures, analyze results and drafting almost immediately. Photography The engineering and operations team onshore worked long BP In addition, BOA DEEP C, another one of Aker Solutions’ hours including weekends, attending planning meetings in Patrick Fink vessels homeported in Mobile, was sent to perform a variety the middle of the night, to help BP shut this well. We were of miller mobley of critical tasks, including the important monitoring and gath- course happy to help,” stated Stephen Reid, project manager NOAA ering of data on the well for BP. for Aker Solutions’ Macondo response project. Sheri reid Scanpix melissa Schneider A live link to BP’s Houston-based crisis response center The Mobile and Houston offices of Aker Solutions were not was utilized for all operations. Moreover, all ROV footage the only facilities that took part in a solution to cap the well. Editorial offices of ALABAMA SEaPOrT magazine are was streamed to BP’s crisis center as well. “Everything we The company’s global organization contributed towards located at the International Trade Center, 250 n. water could see onboard