by Anais | Mar 11, 2022 | News
Carrying out a cutting job with the BROCO torch in the Scheldt River is quite a challenge. At a quay wall in Hoboken, an old fender beam had to be removed to be able to carry out painting work. The beam was attached to the sheet piling with steel plates....
by Anais | Feb 28, 2022 | News
We are very proud to have signed, in just a few days, two contracts for diving work under offshore conditions. One will take place in Belgian territorial waters, the second off the coast of France. We are looking for freelance professional divers – under...
by Anais | Jan 15, 2022 | News, OUR STAFF
We are proud to present our expanded management team. From now on, we can count full time on the cooperation of a master in his field: Martin Van Dromme. 25 years ago Martin took his first step in the diving underwater world and started his own diving company. He ran...
by Anais | Dec 6, 2021 | Diving services, News
A few days before we could start the “real” work, we had already started dredging the upper and lower head of the Evergem lock. Because the government wanted to keep the lock in service until the last minute, we had to carry out our diving work in a narrow...
by Anais | Nov 23, 2021 | Diving services, News
Just before the weekend a huge ice-class gastanker full of LNG-gas arrived in the port of Zeebrugge and was very carefully brought to its berth in the outer port. As soon as the tugboots had left the port and the gas transfer was stable, we were given permission to...
by Anais | Nov 19, 2021 | News
At the end of World War II, a 40-ton pontoon was built to unload American equipment to drive the Germans out of the country. It was built to last as long as possible in the face of massive warfare. And it survived the war. For many decades, the pontoon was used for...
by Anais | Oct 28, 2021 | Diving services, News
We were already accepted by Lloyd’s Register and Bureau Veritas and now DNV has also accepted us as an Approved Service Supplier. This means that we are allowed to carry out diving work on class vessels for the majority of surveyors in the maritime world. Our...
by Anais | Oct 26, 2021 | Diving services, News
Yes, we are certified! It was a long journey. And the government takes it very seriously. But we made it and we are certified now. We are certified to clean and polish propellers in all Belgian ports. And we are very proud of that. After a polish, a ship uses 3 to 5%...
by Anais | Oct 19, 2021 | Diving services, News
What can you do if a diver cannot leave the water on his own? A professional diver easily carries over 35 kg of equipment when he goes into the water. In many places, this has to be done via old rusty ladders. Sometimes several metres deep. Imagine that the...
by Anais | Oct 12, 2021 | News
An old sheet piling repair had to be removed. Over 40 years ago, a concrete lump had been poured in front of an open sheet pile connection. The lump had to be partially demolished. Verena took up the challenge and with a 9 kg heavy demolition hammer she tackled the...
