Subsea Innovation ready for five LARS deliveries

Subsea Innovation ready for five LARS deliveries
Photo: Subsea Innovation Ltd

Subsea Innovation Ltd, part of Tekmar Group plc, are a market leader in the supply and refurbishment of launch and recovery systems (LARS). The workshop is currently busy with 5 systems in progress and will soon be dispatched to clients who have projects in progress requiring these systems.

In the previous 12 months the company has delivered a range of new and refurbished systems.

Within Subsea Innovation’s offer to provide both new and refurbished systems, the ability to prolong the life of assets through refurbishment and maintenance services is important in the industry to help client’s equipment operate for longer before being replaced. 

Dave Thompson, Managing Director of Subsea Innovation, said:

“In a climate which has seen many smaller companies going out of business our services can be an absolute life saver for contractors using aging and/or unsupported kit.”

Dave Thompson continued:

“Through being primarily an engineering design company, the company can re-engineer components enabling to re-purpose or add functionality, often cheaper than OEM’s. We are also often engaged in modifying customers equipment. Subsea Innovation are a world leader in the supply of Launch & Recovery Systems, with all systems designed, constructed and tested according to DNV standards for a range of environments including deepwater and heavy weather”.

The projects were carried out by Subsea Innovation’s teams of engineers and technicians in their state-of-the-art workshop in Darlington, UK. The 40,000 sq ft facility offers three work bays, each 42m in length and up to 24m in width, sized for larger equipment and overhead craneage up to 50Te.

Subsea Innovation have delivered over 120 LARS since the company was founded, including refurbishment and upgrade work on a wide variety of onshore and offshore equipment from a range of manufacturers including LARS systems, Winches, Mass Flow Excavators, Cable Engines, Tensioners, HPU’s and Pipeline Repair Systems. 

Subsea Innovation Limited are one of Tekmar Group plc’s four primary operating companies; in addition to Tekmar Energy Limited, AgileTek Engineering Limited and Ryder Geotechnical Ltd.