Greater Enfield Tow Consulting
ONA were recently awarded a tow consulting scope on the Woodside Greater Enfield Project on behalf of TechnipFMC. The scope comprised tow planning, procedures, stability, and tow load path engineering and verification of multiple voyages. Each tow formed part of the mobilisation of equipment and permanent materials from Singapore. The work was completed by our […]
Marine Assurance – Risk Management
ONA has been awarded another specialised marine scope covering heavy lift and marine transportation of high value project equipment for the Rio Tinto Amrun Project in Weipa, QLD. The services provided will be managed from our Perth office and include marine lift and engineering review with execution oversight in Henderson, WA and in Weipa, QLD. […]
PNG Multi-Buoy Marine Terminal Mooring
ONA recently completed a mooring design and assessment for an offshore marine terminal in Papua New Guinea. The work included detailed assessments of environmental and operational factors to supplement the design work. The modelling was completed using OPTIMOOR and our in-house database of vessel and hydrodynamic parameters. ONA has strong experience working with designers and […]
Mega Projects – Mega Windages and Position Keeping
The following Insight from Mike Priestly, Senior Consultant, explores the effect of large windages on the nature of position keeping two of the largest floating facilities ever built: Last year, two of the largest facilities in each class were installed in the Northern waters of Australia, the Inpex Ichthys CPF “Ichthys Explorer” and Shell FLNG […]
Operational Risk Assessments-Incident Commentary
The following Insight from Mike Priestly, Senior Consultant, provides incident commentary on the Spirit of Tasmania II parting of moorings: Background On 13 January 2016 The Spirit of Tasmania II broke from her moorings while loading vehicles and passengers at Station Pier Melbourne. The ATSB recently published a report of its investigation (link). Purpose ONA […]
2018 Bursary Program
ONA welcomes requests from engineering students to apply for bursaries to undertake final year projects that align with their studies and ONA’s areas of expertise. We are particularly interested in students in 2018 undertaking modelling and docking studies (AMC CUF Floating Dock) of the new NAVAL GROUP (formerly DCNS) Shortfin Barracuda design. See our web […]
