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15th June 2010Bibby Tethra – Progress Report – June 2010
Since we last visited the shipyard down in St. Malo during early May the builder has made excellent progress and we now have something that is starting to resemble a boat, taking on the form of a very complex catamaran. The main deck is laid flat, and upside down on trestle tables on the fabrication hall floor, alongside another large 30m aluminium hull of a French navy landing craft. The main deck has had all of the longitudinal stiffeners added and approximately 20 of the main frames and bulkheads are in place. There are 35 fabricators now working on the hull section and progress is well on schedul... Read More
8th June 2010New IT Systems
Recent upgrades to the IT systems at Osiris Projects were rolled out over the Easter weekend and are running smoothly following two months’ continuous operation.These upgrades have involved migrating client data to a series of brand new, top of the range DELL PowerEdge and PowerVault servers, providing a massive 70 terabytes of dedicated storage to ensure the company has ample space to store the exponentially increasing amount of data collected on a daily basis.
This storage, coupled with an additional 48 terabytes of space dedicated to archiving of older data combined with additional off-site ... Read More
1st March 2010New Office Premises Nearing Completion
Easter weekend of 2010 will see Osiris Projects moving into the purpose built, combined office, electronics workshop and equipment storage premises at Brunel Road, Croft Business Park, Bromborough, Wirral. The new offices are approximately 2 miles from the old Eastham location and will provide the long awaited extra space needed by the rapidly expanding number of full time staff. The facility offers the opportunity to bring together the badly needed survey equipment storage and dedicated data processing and report production facility under one roof. The new building, to be called ‘Maritime Hou... Read More
1st March 2010Construction Gets Underway on Osiris Projects' New Survey Vessel
Work has recently started on Osiris Projects new build 28.0m survey vessel, to be named ‘Bibby Tethra’. ‘Tethra’ is a Celtic god, king of the Fomorians who lived in the underworld. This fits well with the Osiris theme, as Osiris was the principal Egyptian god of the underworld.Construction of the aluminium hull is underway in St. Malo by the specialist French shipbuilder Socarenam. The shipbuilder is well known in France for their high specification military and customs vessels of various designs as well as large multi-role support vessels for the oil & gas industry, the... Read More
