CGGE International provides vessels for charter and quality operations for projects ranging from transoceanic surveys to site survey and deepsea research. Ships are available for standard time-charter with crew, or complete with technical equipment and operations team. CGGE typically operates as vessel manager and assumes the fiscal responsibility to assure that all charter party funds are managed properly to protect the interests of the customer and to assure timely performance. We also manage all proposal support, contract negotiations, and communications between the charter party, shipowner and technical teams to assure that customer needs are fully met.

Ships

Vessels available for charter are of various configurations, designed for survey and geotechnical operations. Several of the vessels are of the same ice-class (104.5M length x 16M), which are shelter-deck trawler designs which were converted for research and survey work. Extremely stable ships, they are built for worldwide operations under severe weather conditions. All personnel, equipment and operations are in full compliance with ISM (International Safety Management) and all international standards (including SOLAS, MARPOL, GMDSS, COLREG-72, ILLC 19966/88, STCW-78). The ships are outfitted for 6000M depth operations for such applications as:

• Cable/Pipeline Route Survey
• Environmental Research
• Deep-sea Minerals Research
• Oil & Gas Exploration
• Multi-discipline Scientific Research
• Search and Survey of submerged vessels

Extensive facilities:

• 14-16 laboratories and workshops
• Ample deck space for customer equipment
• Deployment systems & cables for 6000M depth
• Sauna, gymnasium, air conditioning
• Private dining and laundry facilities
• Spacious accommodations for up to 35 customers

Survey Systems

Vessels are equipped with state-of-the-art navigation, communications, and deployment systems (winches, cables, wire ropes, A-frames, J-frames, davits and cranes) for deepsea operations. In addition, the shipowners maintain an inventory of other research systems and instrumentation which can readily be mobilized to any ship for specific applications.

• Seafloor Mapping (side scan, sub-bottom, multibeam bathymetry)
• Seismic Survey
• ROV and Photographic Survey
• Coring, Sampling and Dredging
• Integrated Navigation
• Oceanographic Instrumentation
• Magnetometer and Gravimetry Systems

(Detailed specifications for all equipment and survey instrumentation are available upon request.)

Technical Operations

Whether it is a cable route survey across the Pacific or the search of a sunken vessel in the
mid-Atlantic, we can handle it. Each ship is operated by a highly experienced crew specializing in deep ocean operations and subsea research. The technical team can be customized to meet specific customer requirements. For example, a crew configured for geotechnical operations might include technicians, engineers, scientists and ship's crew that have specific experience in all aspects of geotechnical marine
operations. In such a case, the project manager provided by CGGE International would have a PhD in geology or equivalent experience. The majority of our technical staff are long-term employees with many years of experience in commercial and scientific contracts.

Our people pride themselves in providing maximum efficiency and contract results for the customer.

Customer references and details are available upon request.

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CGGE International
A Sound Ocean Systems Inc. Company
P.O. Box 2978, Redmond, WA 98073-2978, U.S.A.
Tel: 425-558-1098, Fax: 425-556-0898
cgge@cggeinternational.com

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