Swimming Pool Adventure
Sometimes the life of a diver is hard, sometimes it's just fun. We recently received an inspection and repair job at one of our large swimming pools in Flanders. Two days of swimming around in clear, warm water. What more can a diver hope for!...
Find the leak
Just outside the old city part of Ghent, works were in progress to place a pipeline under the Scheldt river. On both sides, the reception pits were being prepared for the pipeline to depart and arrive. For the contractor, it was of the utmost importance that the sheet...
Evergem Lock
Our client had planned major works on the top hinges of the Evergem lock gates. In order to carry out this work safely, the doors had to be secured both above and below water level. A specialised engineering office had calculated and dimensioned the anchors and it was...
Carbon Bottles
Because we have the best interest at heart of the women in our company, we have decided to replace all air cylinders by carbon bottles. And it was immediately clear that this initiative was well received!
Gigantic ship
A while ago, a gigantic ship arrived in Zeebrugge. It turned out to be the sister of the ship that has been stuck in the Suez Canal. Because it was also a challenge for the port of Zeebrugge to bring this ship safely in, all necessary precautions were taken. In...
Propeller Blade Cropping
Somewhere during an offshore action, things went wrong. The portside propeller was hit hard. The measuring equipment immediately made it clear that something was wrong with the propeller. It was decided to call in at the port of Zeebrugge and have a diving inspection...
Verena dives into wastewater
In order to perform maintenance on a wastewater basin, Aquafin asked for our help. The employees of the water purification station looked a bit surprised when they realised that it would be Verena who would solve the problem. Stijn and Marie put everything in place...
130 metres of welded seam under water
Our two professional women divers were excited when they heard that Submar had won the contract to lay 130 metres of welding seam on a sheet pile wall in the Port of Zeebrugge. They couldn't get away from the yard! Marie, with her 4 years of experience as a...
Salvaging a fender in Zeebrugge
Due to bad weather, a ship collided with a fender in the outer harbour of Zeebrugge. The fender was damaged severely, luckely the quay wasn't touched. The rubber blocks, used as shock absorbers, were torn loose, but the safety chains held. The fender was dangling from...
A damaged nose!
During dredging, the crew noticed that dredged material was lost from the split hopper barge. SUBMAR was asked to carry out an underwater investigation of the closing mechanism in the barge. About halfway into the hopper, we discovered damage of the closing mechanism...