DEME’s Living Stone is designed to lay deep-sea cables and dredge trenches on the seabed. The vessel was built in Bilbao, Spain, by shipyard LaNaval and launched in 2016.
Blomsma Signs & Safety installed the complete IMO safety signage on this vessel, consisting of escape route signage, Cabin Safety Instructions, Low Location Lighting and firefighting and life-saving equipment signage. Composite signs were used for the clear and sorted display of dangers, prohibitions and commandments. (Warning, prohibition & mandatory signs). Blomsma has also provided the ship with anti-slip material in places where there is a risk of falling because of slipperiness, such as stairs and walkways. These anti-slip materials are in the house style of DEME, a combination of an anti-slip surface with an integrated DEME logo and the recognizable green color.
The implementation of the safety signalling started after an inventory by our project engineer on the Living Stone at the Bilbao site. This inventory was then translated into a draft sign plan and later an as-built sign plan. An ‘as-built’ plan describes the actual situation with regard to safety signage, after the project has been completed. Practice shows that during the construction phase at various locations there are changes in the concept sign plan. Our experienced team of engineers and mechanics anticipate these changes and ensure that they are recorded in the final sign plan.
About the DEME Living Stone
The Living Stone, together with the vessel ‘Flintstone’ (20 000 dwt), the ‘Rollingstone’ (11 500 dwt) and the ‘Seahorse’ (18 000 dwt), form a fleet of dredging vessels that perform work for Tideway, the Dutch subsidiary of DEME. In addition to dredging work, the Living Stone is also used as a transport vessel for offshore projects such as the laying of the European Supergrid Network in the North Sea, the erection of wind farms and construction or demolition work at sea.
The ship’s engines run on both natural gas (LNG) and diesel oil. Thanks to the LNG fuel, the ship’s CO2, NOx and SOx emissions can be kept low. On board, mainly bio-degradable fats and oils are used. The ship makes use of heat recuperation in order to operate as economically as possible. In this way the vessel achieves the ‘Green Passport’ and exceeds the Marpol requirements.
More about the DEME Living Stone: https://www.deme-group.com/technologies/living-stone
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