Rapid response actions
Convenient readiness for deployment is effected by connecting the Oil Hunter to a towing vessel. When arriving at the scene of the spill during poor weather conditions, the ability to open the containment boom provides an immediate readiness to meet the challenge of current marine oil spill response.
Excellent containment booms
The new boom technology is bringing oil recovery into a new era, by using containment booms that can be opened into V-shape and closed, compared to a combination of containment boom-jib boom which is currently used by vessels.
The adjustment range of the boom of the rapidly opened collection opening is 0 to 20 metres, which thus enables agile movement from one place to another depending on the situation. The new containment booms substantially improve collection, particularly in situations where time is short.
Control and monitoring of collection activities
The control panel on the transport platform enables continuous visual monitoring of all activities, adjustment of the containment booms, how the oil is directed and how the operation of the sacking device supports smooth uninterrupted work.
Efficient collection and recovery using Jousmor® sacking
Jousmor sacks are specially made and have a volume of either 4 m³ or 6 m³. They are designed for a hydraulically opened sacking device and particularly for marine conditions, allowing large recovery of oil when needed. The sacking device is placed on the deck of the transport platform.
By employing the Jousmor sacks , which are placed on the transport platform and which do not impede the collection process, the recovery is more efficient and the available working time is used to the maximum.
In uninterrupted collection, recovery is carried out by NON STOP sacking, where the oil is collected from the sea directly into the sack. In the sacking system, the filled sacks are dropped into the sea and are moved by the propeller stream for collection. The sacks are towed to a sheltered location from where they are later taken away for emptying. The method enables fast and wide mobility within the collection area and also from one area to another.
Additional brushes provide increased power
If necessary, the pontoons can be fitted with foldable swing booms equipped with brush cassettes. They are used in particular for the collection of oils of varying properties, i.e. crude oil and heavy fuel oil, which are difficult to collect.
In the space between the outer edges of the pontoons and the containment booms, the brush cassettes , which are lowered into the water using the swing boom, can be adjusted to the most favourable collecting positions, depending on the viscosity of the oil to be collected.
By using two brush cassettes mounted side by side, a wider space is formed into which the oil is received.
The method is of the utmost importance particularly when collecting large amounts of oil or heavy oils that form lumps. The swing boom is equipped with a trough from which the collected oil is transferred to the sacking device on the transport platform for sacking.