About us

SALVAGE:

  • SUNKEN or STRANDED Ships
  • HARBOURS Clearance & Wreck Removal
  • Underwater Rapid Attachment (patches)

In-Water INSPECTION:

  • REASONS for Inspection
  • Survey Inspection EQUIPMENT
  • VESSEL In-Water Surveys
  • Marine INFRASTRUCTURE Surveys
  • MOORING Survey Inspection
  • General Survey Inspections
  • CORROSION Inspection
  • Measuring Metal Thickness
  • R.O.V. Inspection

In-Water CLEANING:

  • WHY Cleaning? HOW to clean?
  • HULL and RUDDER
  • PROPELLER (cleaning/polishing)
  • Marine INFRASTRUCTURE
  • Sacrificial ANODES
  • Water JETTING (high and low pressure)

In-Water REPAIRS, MAINTENANCE:

  • Shipwork
  • Cofferdam
  • Marine INFRASTRUCTURE (overview)
    • PILES Rehabilitation
    • PILES/PIPES Corrosion Prevention
  • Single Point Mooring System (CALM & SALM)
  • Wet WELDING & CUTTING

CIVIL WORKS & ENGINEERING:

  • Dredging & Excavation off small BARGE
  • Dredging, Jetting, Air-Lift, Dewatering by DIVERS
  • Underwater DRILLING & BREAKING
  • POST, PIPE, HOLLOW Section PILING with Portable hydraulic Hammer
  • Maritime CONSTRUCTION
  • Maritime DEMOLITION
  • Marine OUTFALLS & Diffusers
  • PIPELINES installation & maintenance
  • Engineering

SEABED & EARTH ANCHORING:

  • Cyclone Anchor Lines for rental
  • MOORING Line: what's the (best) choice?
  • HELICAL / SCREW Anchors information
  • SCREW Anchors Mooring Systems
  • PIPELING Anchoring
  • Jetty & Walkway FOUNDATIONS screwing
  • Expending Rock Anchors
  • Grouted Rock Anchors
  • Instant Foundation Anchors
  • Earth Retention


Chance Civil Engineering

  • MANTARAY Anchors
  • GROUND Anchor Systems


Williams Form Engineering Corporation

  • TOWAGE, Dive Support Vessel, Barges:
  • Tug Boat
  • Barges & Multipurpose Dive Platform   

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  • ABC Diving LTD International HOME page

Subsidiaries:

  • SEAWORKS (Vanuatu)
  • SEAWORKS (New Caledonia)

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Other useful Websites:

Diving

  • ADAS Training Courses/job/careers
  • New Zealand School of Commercial Diving Training
  • Commercial Diving New Caledonia

Nautical Institutions

  • IMCA International Marine Contractors Association
  • BIMCO Baltic & International Maritime Council
  • IMO International Maritime Organization
  • Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
  • Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology
  • International Federation of Shipmasters’ Associations
  • International Ship Managers’ Association
  • Maritime and Coastguard Agency
  • Nautical Institute
  • Lloyd’s List

Maritime Information

  • Maritime Information
  • BRL Shipping Consultants
  • Marine Data
  • Marine Link
  • www.shippingjobs.com

ABC Diving® Ltd

Port Vila, P.O. Box 3242 VANUATU South Pacific

Complete Diving Services to Vessels & Civil Engineering Industry

We operate in north and south Pacific Islands; more specifically in Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Salomon, PNG...

Please, contact us for:

 Multipurpose small floating Pontoon and Barges:

On this page:

1°) Multipurpose floating Pontoon for Diving, Liftting, Dredging, Coring, Marine Works, Landing services:

2°) Multipurpose Self-Propelled Barge for Piling, Dredging, Excavation, Coring, Marine Works:

3°) Multipurpose ST11 Barge for cargo and vehicles transport, Dredging, Marine Works, Fuel supply, grey waters discharge for disposal:

1°) Multipurpose floating Pontoon

   
Capable to operate in very shallow water / Easy to relocate / Removable planking around the deck for easy access / Strong Bits
load capacity about 12 tonnes

 

Built-in barge can be fitted with a 2 Ton lifting device over its pit (in the middle), four 360 Kg anchors & chains including a deep water anchorage possibility (up to 200 meters).
This pontoon offers a very stable deck due to the three cylinders configuration, almost no air draft and is very easy to tow or position on site.

Features:

  • Length overall: 14.6 meters; Breadth: 6 meters; Draft: about 0.40 m; Lightship: about 5-6 tons; Deadweight: about 10 tons.
  • Surface available on flat timber deck: about 84 m2
  • Floor elevation: 0.7 meters over the water line.
  • Pit under floor (in the middle) to allow load lifting with an "A" frame
  • Steel Cylinders on three rows, providing a great stability and easy towage.
  • Load capacity: about 12 Tons
  • Strong Bits on side and front.


Strongly built floating platform with steel Beams made of IPE 200 mm,
3 Steel Cylinders 5 mm thick (4 watertight inside compartments + hatches each)

This small barge can be used to operate:

  • Easy ACCESS alongside a ship
  • Useful Work Deck for Shipworking
  • Passengers landing at island
  • Small helicopter landing (up to 15 tons)
  • Lifting and/or Controlled Descent of loads from the surface to the sea bed and vice-versa (with removal "A" frame on deck over the pit)
  • Sea works Surface SUPPORT for Hydraulic DREDGING (up to 30 meters deep), DEWATERING, CORING (up to 30 meters), Sea Bed Anchors DRIVING (up to 30 meters), etc.
  • Surface support for Marine alvage
  • SSBA or SCUBA diving support for dive operators
  • Etc.

 


Small Barge quick transformation (2015) for passengers landing purpose (cruise ship compagnies)

2°) Self-Propelled Barge "CAROCE"

Features:

  • 10 m x 20 m x
  • Draft 1.60 m (laden)
  • GT

3°) Multipurpose Barge ST11

Features:

  • 45.3 m x 12.2 m x 3.6 m (depth).
  • Draft 1.10 m (lightship) 3.30 m (laden).
  • GT 740 tonnes, DWT 1000 tonnes, with Aft ramp loading, anchoring forward and aft.
  • Fuel capacity 300 tonnes.

Fully loaded.