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Caley Ocean Systems
Business type: Engineering
Contact: Ray McGlynn, Business Development Manager, Renewables
Address: McCallum House, Watermark Business Park, 375 Govan Rd, Glasgow G51 2SE
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Countries worked in: USA, UK
Caley has over 50 years’ experience of design, engineering, manufacturing, and testing offshore handling systems, including launch and recovery systems; pipe deployment systems; davits; deep-water lowering systems; cable deployment & storage systems and offshore wind tooling & jacket gripper systems.
Caley provides full project management and flexible on-site service support for lifecycle maintenance and asset management.
Caley has evolved from an Oil & Gas and Marine supplier into a broader energy supplier for offshore wind and nuclear. Most recently, it has developed innovative tooling and foundation gripper systems for the offshore wind sector and is currently supporting a major global operator and Tier 1 Installation EPCI with several Offshore Wind Projects.
Capabilities
Established supplier with significant experience supplying the sector
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: Vessels or Vessel Equipment Provision
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Storage of Strategic Spares/Lay Down Areas
Good capacity and some experience in supplying the sector
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Front End Engineering & Design Studies
- DEVEX - Project Management & QA Services: Project Management & Programme Management
- DEVEX - Project Management & QA Services: QA Management & Document Control
- DEVEX - Project Management & QA Services: QS & Financial Management
- DEVEX - Project Management & QA Services: Health & Safety Services
- DEVEX - Project Management & QA Services: Specialist tools, parts, PPE, lifesaving, chandlery
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: Foundation structure (GBF/Monopile/ Floating/Jacket) & crew access systems
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: Port Logistics for CSV including Victualing
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: General Lay Down Areas & Installation Support Services
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: Offshore Equipment Services
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: O&M Port and Logistics
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Marine Operations
- OPEX - Operations & Maintenance: Lifting, climbing & safety equipment & inspections
Capabilities to supply, but no/limited experience in the sector
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Met Mast Survey & Inspection
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Meteorological & Metocean Sensors
- Pre-Construction Development Phase (DEVEX): Aux Systems including power supplies & navigational aids
- DEVEX - Project Management & QA Services: Asset Management and Inventory Control
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: Cable Protection
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: Structure & facilities including foundation, helipad, platform access, crane, control room, accommodation, navigation aids & safety systems
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: Offshore Labour Services
Ambitions to diversify in the sector
- CAPEX - Balance of Plant - Manufacture / Supply Services: Electrical system including backup generator, switchgear, transformers & converters
Other services offered
- EPC Capabilities for heavy steel fabrication including subsea templates, jackets, support frames, traditional vessel 'back-deck' equipment.
Case studies
Global EPCI responsible for installation of monopiles in an offshore wind farm with hard-rock seabed. Pre-drilled boreholes required to install monopiles but client concerned with movement of piles prior to critical grouting process. As part of design of monopiles client had desire to have stabilizing pins installed within piles and then once monopiles installed have this pins engage with borehole walls to give secure anchoring of piles.
Contract type: EPC
Value: 1,500,000
Caley and partner Houlder worked with client and designed a vessel mounted Pile Fixation Tool with completely standalone control and delivery system, that was deck mounted and used each time monopiles were installed. System lowered itself down within the inside of monopile to marry up with pre-installed stabilizing pins and once confident in place (cameras, proximity sensors part of our delivered system) the PileFixation Tool was hydraulically actuated and pushed pins into surrounding borehole and seabed thus providing desired anchorage. Once complete system then recovered and placed back on deck until next monopile installation.
Wind farm project where jacket foundations were being used. Operator keen to install system that met with latest DNV recommendations of minimizing movement in all planes to as close as 1mm, prior to grouting and without need to have installation vessel keep station till grouting complete.
Contract type: EPC
Value: £12,000,000
Caley and partner Houlder (Caley acting as main EPC for system delivery) developed a PileProp system that resulted in internal props (array of six in each jacket leg) being designed and delivered to foundation fabrication yard for installation prior to jackets being installed. System supplied with self contained Control System that actuates props once jacket is in-situ offshore and push props out to engage with pile pins and provide rigid zonal fixity, prior to grouting.
