FREEPORT, Grand Bahama Island – On Thursday, August 26th, 2010, BORCO Intl. Ltd. and
Cal Dive Offshore Contractors Inc. of Houston Texas, signed a contract
for the reinstatement of the Old Large Jetty (Berth 5 & 6).
The project involves the removal of the existing structure and the installation
of a new jetty structure along with new pipelines from the BORCO tank
terminal to the jetty offshore.
The new jetty which is comprised of
a deck and its jacket were fabricated in Louisiana, USA.
On hand for the signing were (l to
r): Jim Nelson; Chris Mills, John Adabie, Quinn Hebert-CEO Cal Dive;
Raymond Jones – Managing Director BORCO, Tracy Lirette, Vladimir Mikulicic and Hans Torreman.
About BORCO International
Ltd
BORCO provides storage
of petroleum products for a number of international clients with a present
capacity of 21.4 million barrels. BORCO also offers blending,
transshipment and bunkering services. The terminal is located in Freeport,
Grand Bahama, just
80 miles off the coast of Florida, and is the largest storage terminal
in the Caribbean.
About Cal Dive Offshore
Contractors Inc.
Cal Dive International, Inc. is a marine
contractor. The Company provides manned diving, pipe lay and pipe burial,
platform installation and platform salvage services to a diverse customer
base in the offshore oil and natural gas industry. It offers its customers
these services on an integrated basis for more complex sub sea projects.
Its global footprint encompasses operations in the Gulf of Mexico Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS), the Northeastern United States, Latin America,
Southeast Asia, China, Australia, the Middle East, India and the Mediterranean.
The Company owns and operates a fleet of 31 vessels, including 21 surface
and saturation diving support vessels, six pipe lay/pipe bury barges,
one dedicated pipe bury barge, one combination derrick/pipe lay barge
and two derrick barges
.