Case Studies

At approximately 01:50 on Wednesday 18th February 2015 the DFDS 120mt cargo vessel, Lysblink Seaways, ran aground near to Ardnamurchan Point at Kilchoan Bay on the West Coast of Scotland.

Briggs aim was to consolidate the operational requirements of 8, UK wide oil storage terminals, sea and pipe import – sea, road and pipe export and to provide single supplier resource for primary facility operational functions.

Briggs Marine was appointed to repair a failed 33kV power cable between Shapinsay and Stronsay. This forms part of SSEs distribution network around Orkney, which is essential for providing utilities to remote communities.

On the 20th of April 2010 the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded while drilling in the Macondo oil field Mississippi Canyon Block 252 in the Gulf of Mexico. Two days later the rig sank in approximately 5000 feet of water.