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Modular Projects Marine MobilizationIssues and Opportunities

Teras Cargo Transport (America), LLC

Lonnie TiegsVP Africa Projects

Teras Cargo [email protected]

www.terasamerica.com

mailto:[email protected]

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Presentation Overview

Teras Cargo Transport

Modularization Challenges

Design, Fabrication & Transportation Alignment

Marine Heavy Transport Market Segmentation

Module Transport Fleet Systems

Floating Module Offloading Facilities

Summary

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Teras Cargo Transport

Specialist in maritime transportation solutions

In-depth experience in terminal infrastructure development & operation, project & heavy lift logistics solutions for defence, O&G, energy and mining

Holistic logistics solutions for project cargo to inland destinations in some of the worlds most remote locations and new frontiers of natural resource exploitation, including marine terminal operations

Own vessels are leveraged with strategic alliances to facilitate global freight transportation

Decades of experience in line haul and dray trucking, rail and intermodal transport warehousing, common carriage ocean transport, including cabotage trade to Hawaii/Alaska

Qualified United States Department of Defence partner for:VISA (Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement), DoD Distribution Deployment Command Universal Services Contract, National Industrial Security Program (NISP) compliance under a Security Arrangement with DoD through the Defence Security Service (DSS) approved Facility Clearance (FCL) office designated Facility Security Officer (FSO)

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Services and Products Which Support Our Projects

Establishment of temporary Marine Offloading Facilities

Temporary or permanent offshore storage capacity

Port/Terminal Expansions

Rapidly deployable modular infrastructure system for temporary laydown areas and roadways

Engineering Services

Project Consultancy Services

Energy systems designed to maximize remote power utilization through energy management and storage

Deployed by the US Military in remote field ops

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Answer:“There’s a combination of things involved. Unfortunately, a lot of companies determine what’s going to be modularised without really putting any thought into it. They determine where they’re going to buy something – usually for the cheapest price – and do not think of the ramifications that are associated with it.”“I’ve known of modules that were built, and then when it came to shipping there was no way to transport them, so they’d have to dismantle the modules, ship them in pieces, and reassemble them when they got to their final destination. Now that’s one hand not talking to the other.”

Excerpt of an interview with Richard Shirley, Offshore Business Line Manager of Audubon Engineering

Question: What are the current problems making 4/5 megaprojects fail?

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Often however relatively small issues or oversights can have just as big of an impact on a project

These Could include changes or variations in:

Design Schedule Equipment Specor Availability

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Scheduling multiple

projects at once

8% Response

Predicting the weight, height and width of

modules prior to them being

built13% Response

Getting the modules through customs/working with customs and

border services12% Response

Transport limitations

17% Response

Scheduling inline with other project

teams19% Response

Ensuring the safety of transportation of

modules prior to modules being built

31% Response

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Execution ActivitiesFEED Activities

Modularization Work Process

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Execution ActivitiesFEED Activities

Modularization Work Process

Basis of Design

Preliminary Design and Plot Plan

Divisibility Study

Select Heavy Lift Transport

Contractors

Module Transportation Methodologies

Number & Weight of Modules

Preliminary Modularization

Plan

Marine Transportation

Plan

Detail Design of Modules

Fabrication Contracts

Load Out Contracts

Marine Transportation Contracts

Offloading Contracts

Fabricate Modules

Load-out and Sea Fastening

Sea Transport

Offloading and Transport to Construction

Site

Delivery of Modules to

Construction Site

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Marine Heavy Transport Market Segmentation

Onshore Marine Heavy TransportMultiple voyage contracts typicalComplex engineering and safety /environmental regulations

Offshore Marine Heavy TransportSingle Voyage contracts for offshore field developmentComplex engineering and safety /environmental regulations

Specialist Marine Heavy TransportMassive and often unique cargoes – single voyages

Rig & Marine Assets TransportSpot market driven and low barriers to entry

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Onshore Marine Heavy Transport

Module Carriers New Vessels are large, complex and fast

sailing

Built for Arctic Conditions

Expensive to operate, costly to standby

Standardized project grillage would reduce delivery turnaround times but has engineering downsides

Increases size and capacity of required MOF and could limit Fab Yard options

Tug & Barge New Builds have advanced internal

ballasting systems Cheaper to build and more numerous Cheaper to operate, standby and pre-

position, thus:Redundancy can be designed into transportation executionQuicker turnarounds for the expensive towage asset at loading & unloadingSpecific grillage simplifies the engineering and fabrication processes

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The ideal is a large fleet of identical assets strategically pre-positioned across the globe with relatively low standing costs and:

Sourcing Tugs strategically to reduce mob/demob costs

Using a Contractor with proven engineering and execution experience

This provides the project with:High probability of asset availability through FEED to ExecutionAsset redundancy & interchangeability during executionMinimization of demurrage costs and rapid voyage turnarounds at loading and discharge

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The Teras Fleet of Fifteen (15) T375 Smart-Barges

Flag:Year Built:

Gross Tonnage:Net Tonnage:Deadweight:

Deck Strength:Class:

Length:Breadth:

Depth:

Singapore2011-20136,829 MT2,048 MT12,383 MT25 MTAmerican Bureau of Shipping114.3m (375ft)36.6m (120ft)6.1m (20ft)

• Are designed for environments which require expeditious and intricate ballast operations to even the trim and heel for high value modules, structures or cargo.

• Being self-powered along with redundancy, these vessels are fitted with accurate valve remote control and precise tank level gauging systems.

• This barge series is extremely versatile and is capable of many critical ballast, loading and project requirement needs.

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Floating Module Offloading Facilities

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The True North Operations Group is a sister company to Teras Cargo Transport

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Floating Module Offloading Facilities - Advantages

Operations Discharge of cargo not tidally constrained

Environment Small environmental footprintEasily removedDoes not impact natural and tidal current flows

Remote LocationsDistance and difficult access limits MOF construction techniques/materials

CostMuch less than fixed MOFCan be redeployed


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Washington State 520 Floating Bridge Pontoons

Due to their weight and draft, they are extremely stable

Each 360 x 60’ pontoon has a draft of about 7.5’, a displacement of about 5100 tons

Immersion value approximately 675 tons per foot

Stability influenced by the CG’s and location of the load on the pontoon

Recently Decommissioned and Purchased by TrueNorth Group


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520 Bridge Pontoon Section


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Two Line Transit of SPMT’s


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Three Line Transit of SPMT’s


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Teras Port Melville Australia – Pontoon Deployment

Located on Melville Island north of Darwin Australia

A previously decommissioned bridge from Washington State was mobilized and installed as a floating concrete dock, with onshore 250 person camp, laydown & storage and bunkering facilities

220 meter dock face with 12 meter water depth

Deep water access from the Timor Sea

The only private deep water Marine Supply Base between Perth and Brisbane


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Summary Takeaways

Successful Modularization requires collaboration within the FEED and between engineering, fabrication and transportation contractors and a mechanism for dealing with exceptions and change orders

Module design needs to include transport route alternatives, equipment and facilities parameters

As much as possible designed to be transported across a range of equipment available, where not possible, designed for specific equipment with a high availability probability when required

Floating MOF’s offer a real and cost-effective alternative to fixed MOF’s

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