Who we are
E.D.S is a well established marine contractor.
We are underwater engineers, confined space
and marine pollution specialists and pride ourselves
on being able to offer the
technical base, resources and expertise to
provide a high quality, safety conscious and
cost effective service.
We are members of the Association of Diving
Contractors, approved contractors to the
Ministry of Defence, various Utility companies
and are members of Constructionline.
E.D.S has practical experience in all aspects
of marine engineering, whether it is from a boat
or on the seabed we cover all aspects of our
industry.
We offer a wide range of services not just
diving, but mechanical engineering facilities,
coded welders, explosive advice, marine and
civil engineering.
Our equipment register is extensive with
numerous underwater cameras, a highly
capable ROV, ultrasonic thickness monitors,
welding and burning equipment, various boats
and rescue craft.
We have also partnered up with a number of
specialist consultancies for cathodic protection,
structural or diving surveys and have no limits
to where we travel.
Case Studies
Whilst unloading at a dock in the South West England, damage occurred to two fuel tanks of a bulk handling vessel, which prevented it from sailing and with the two fuel tanks damaged the vessel was unable to discharge its fuel. The answer was to move the vessel to a dry dock or carry out in situ repairs. The dry dock option was incredibly expensive and incurred various delay costs with the ship. EDS were asked to look at the problem and after very careful consideration we came up with a solution to safely carry out the repairs with the fuel still in place. It meant constructing a mini “reverse coffer dam” usually installed underwater, enabling the hot work to be carried out. Isolations were carried out and entry into the tank to inspect the damage from within took place. With various obstructions and having to wade through heavy fuel oil, it was not for the light hearted. Having located the damage, we measured the area we were able to cover with a fire proof casing and shored up from within the tank, fire retardant gum was placed around the top of the coffer dam to create a gas seal. We then installed an intrinsically safe CCTV system where the hot work repairs above were about to take place.
Personnel evacuated the area and firefighting equipment was mobilised, with the “piece of mind” television pictures being monitored, a gas axe cut the damaged section out and the surrounding area was closely monitored from above and aided with a thermal imaging camera to highlight any hot spots from within. Two identical repairs were carried out over a 24 hour period using the same methods, the cost savings were into the hundreds of thousands of pounds, the ship actually managed to sail from the port within its original window, the safe and successful conclusion was due to proper risk management, experience and the hard work of everyone involved with the task.
