OKEANUS DELIVERS 20-TON A-FRAME TO THAYERMAHAN

Okeanus delivers 20-ton A-frame to Thayermahan. Package to support launch and recovery of ocean monitoring and surveillance assets.

Okeanus Science & Technology, LLC (Okeanus), an international provider of specialised ocean equipment and marine engineering services, recently delivered a 20-Ton A-Frame to ThayerMahan, a leading defense and commercial maritime technology company, for their newly acquired vessel, TM Vigilant. The A-Frame is now permanently installed on the vessel, which has been engineered to support the launch and recovery of monitoring and surveillance assets for both environmental survey campaigns and defense-related missions.  

While the 20-Ton A-Frame is a standard product from the expanding Okeanus portfolio, the engineering and manufacturing team, based out of the firm’s production facility in Houston, TX, worked with operators from ThayerMahan to customise certain specifications, including making the A-Frame 5’ wider than is standard, allowing the client the ability to use the full width of the aft deck to handle more sizeable deployments. Final hydraulic assembly and factory acceptance testing were conducted at Okeanus’ Houma, LA facility, and the system was immediately sent out on its first deployment. 

“We are grateful for the efforts of the engineering and development teams at Okeanus to deliver this capable custom solution,” said ThayerMahan’s Fleet Manager, Chris Gasiorek. “With its new 20-Ton A-Frame and our seasoned crew, the TM Vigilant is now equipped to execute an even wider range of missions and operations for our commercial and defense customers.” 

“We were delighted to work with ThayerMahan on this project and are excited to see another of our 20-Ton A-Frames out in the field,” said Benton LeBlanc, Chief Commercial Officer Okeanus. “As operators and their customers look to safely and reliably handle larger and more sophisticated payloads in deeper waters from support vessels like the TM Vigilant, we understand that there is a continued need for versatile solutions that are reliable enough to serve as a permanent installation on the deck of the vessel, but designed and built with rapid mobilisation and demobilisation in mind should the need arise to remove the equipment from the vessel. To optimise any deck-handling system’s versatility, we work with the customer, as we did with the team from ThayerMahan, from initial consultation to final installation to advise on and incorporate any necessary customisation to ensure a fit-for-purpose and turnkey package.” 

 The Okeanus 20-Ton A-Frame is available as both a build-to-order offering and as part of the company’s extensive rental line-up. Okeanus’ rental portfolio provides offshore operators with access to a range of advanced deck systems and cutting-edge technologies available around the world for rapid mobilisation. 

For more information, visit: www.okeanus.com    

About Okeanus Science & Technology 

Okeanus Science & Technology, LLC, is a rental, sales, and services organisation with in-house equipment manufacturing and engineering capabilities for the oceanographic and subsea professional. Okeanus is the industry leader in the design and build of oceanographic winches, handling systems and LARS. Okeanus offers an extensive pool of leased equipment that can be paired with any of its winches and deployed at a moment’s notice. Okeanus rents, sells, and services a wide range of deck and subsea equipment from its offices in Houma, LA, and Houston, TX. 

About ThayerMahan® 

ThayerMahan, Inc. is a maritime technology company dedicated to providing its government and commercial clients with autonomous marine solutions, including deployment, operations, data gathering, and analysis services, using state-of-the-art acoustic and electronic sensors integrated on a variety of host platforms tailored to specific mission criteria. The Company is headquartered in Groton, CT, with additional locations in Lowell, MA, Virginia Beach, and Arlington, VA. For more information, please visit www.thayermahan.com or contact sales@thayermahan.com.