Companys with shite vessels

Member Joined: Mar 31, 2006

I would like to nominate technip as having some of the worst vessels from a major player. Just look at the following:-

CSO Orelia: shaped like a skip, no portholes, prison style toilets and showers, with the added bonus of having the accomodation under the main deck. Also has self collapsing cranes and a floodable "bridge" Class.

CSO Constructor: A relic from a bygone age. A few years ago it was "stretched" and the oar holes were welded up, it should have been scuttled. 4 man cabins are the norm on this baby. Back protection should be worn onboard.

Deep Pioneer: Another relic, with the added bonus of a "council estate" accomodation block put outside. Great fun for those winter nights. Bulwarks so high you can go for days without seeing daylight.

Any nominations from S club or acergy ?

piedpiper

Member Joined: Jun 05, 2004

How about The Khattaf ( ex British Argile ) or the MV Ravello Very Happy

Stril surveyor - the ship that one world war and a cod war couldn't dispose of. She's been converted from minesweeper to fishing vessel to DP 0.5 class ROVSV. I was on her last year - frigging thing pulls run offs of around 60m and a rotation of over 20 degrees-and that's in "follow sub".

All they eat on board was scrambled egg and salmon. Also she lists something aweful in flat calm when you put a ROV shack starboard and mid-ships. She'd have been a bit more stable I reckon if we'd have holed her at the stern.

Now I'm sure the matresses onboard were from 1980. I slept on the couch.

Member Joined: Jun 05, 2004

The good ship Bon Entente
Black and mustard shipping colours....................In reality.................
RUST Laughing

Go grab one of the ROV UT- gauges - run down to the bottom deck an put it against the bulkhead - what thickness is the plate??!? Do you even get a return from all the oxidisation?!?!

One good thing about the recent upsurge in ROVSV/DSV/PSV construction is surely that the quality of vessel stock is going up up up and this old stuff'll get scuttled !

Member Joined: Oct 08, 2005 Location: Inversnecky

Gentlemen, gentlemen.....

Your posts are wasted.

Saipem wins hands down on the crap vessel front.

Thats where I first encountered the Ravello.

They have a policy of buying nothing, unless it's about to be scrapped.

The DBA, despite various refits, is a floating rust pile with four man cabins (for us ROV types) that are about 20 years old. And the place smells of sh*te all the time.

The sentinel, which spent more time tied up being repaired than working. which was the only thing it had going for it.

The S7000. Known as the 'death star'. get off it with all your body parts intact and you can consider yourself one of the luckiest people in the world.

enough said

Member Joined: Dec 23, 2003 Location: Scotland

http://www.oilport.net/news/article.asp?Id=7138

Perhaps no where near as bad as that actually cos by the sounds of it, but what about "the teabag" in the North Sea. I cant even bring myself to name her!

Member Joined: Mar 06, 2007

piedpiper wrote:

I would like to nominate technip as having some of the worst vessels from a major player. Just look at the following:-

CSO Orelia: shaped like a skip, no portholes, prison style toilets and showers, with the added bonus of having the accomodation under the main deck. Also has self collapsing cranes and a floodable "bridge" Class.

piedpiper

I have heard that the orelia is being given a 10 year life extension. More like it should have been scrapped 10 yrs ago.

Member Joined: Jun 05, 2004

I heared that the Mayo has also gone down hill since the Eygptians got hold of it Sad

Big shame as it was a good solid workhorse when Subsea had it Confused

Big Big shame Sad

Member Joined: Dec 30, 2006

My favorite was an Indian Tug I was unfortunate enough to spend some time on around Dubai. The galley was a special treat. The atmosphere in the galley was like Venus. The stove top was held to the wall with wire and behind it was all sorts of filth and left over ghee (Indian oil). The galley was completely splattered with stains and bits of food. The cook would never leave you alone and always wanted to talk loudly and in barely understandable English about just about everything. Also when he fried on the stove he wore protective glasses to keep the oil out of his eyes. Glasses like you wear on deck. The best part was there was a little landing pad for all the flies where you could barely make out the faded words "keep the kitchen clean"

Member Joined: May 26, 2006 Location: Every bloody where

rovnumpty wrote:

Gentlemen, gentlemen.....

Your posts are wasted.

Saipem wins hands down on the crap vessel front.

Thats where I first encountered the Ravello.

They have a policy of buying nothing, unless it's about to be scrapped.

The DBA, despite various refits, is a floating rust pile with four man cabins (for us ROV types) that are about 20 years old. And the place smells of sh*te all the time.

The sentinel, which spent more time tied up being repaired than working. which was the only thing it had going for it.

The S7000. Known as the 'death star'. get off it with all your body parts intact and you can consider yourself one of the luckiest people in the world.

enough said

It's not just the accomodation that makes many Saipem vessels shite.. It's the 'institutional attitude' that the management tries to instill on everybody.. ''you are not here to enjoy yourself' Seperate meal times, seperate meal areas and diferent food for the Capt. Supt and the ''higher ups'' S7000 even has a guy in a 'monkey suit' to serve the 'wheels' their food in an area screened from the rest of the galley by plastic palms...Then you have the locked galley policy.. If it ain't mealtime you can't get a feed.. Just arrived onboard after 10hr crew boat ride? want a cuppa and sarni? No chance, you gotta wait 3 hrs till dinner.. Hope you like pasta too.. 100 Asians onboard, half of former Eastern Europe and six 6 Italians ..Guess what you get to eat everyday? What! Shocked

there is other food in the world apart from Italian? ...no Rolling Eyes

.. Add this to nearly zero interst in safety, maintenance and crew wellbeing and Saipem have to be the worst for crew happiness and job satisfaction.. Try the C10, C8, C5,Pearl Marine and the FDS to know what shite catering and self important camp bosses can do to make a trip shite.. Oh did I mention the warm sardines and corn beef for breakfast?

Member Joined: Jun 08, 2004

try the scab 6

Member Joined: Nov 03, 2005

Tug Wombi, pipeline survey Bass Straight, middle of winter
spends most of its time tied up in Port Melbourne because noone will hire it
Just fit a seaeye on it nicely
is as ocean going as its harbour tug herritage would lead you to expect
in rough seas waves breaking on forward screen, the forward cabins, 3rd class rov accomadation leak, woke up at 3am, water pouring (lots of water), from the light fitting over bunk, spent some time in fetal position on deck in flooded cabin steaming back to melbourne
galley, best not mentioned, cook was cross they lied to him to get him to fly over for job

Member Joined: Sep 28, 2005 Location: S.E.A.

Bombay High on the MV Anwershak, Rats running round the online and cockroaches falling out of the roof, not nice.
If you got something crunchy in your meal you kept chewing!