Sovereign Global’s Commercial Diving arm – SG SALVAGE – has successfully replaced 454 anodes on the subsea piles supporting the Doraleh Oil Terminal (DOT) in Djibouti (November 2019).
Doraleh Oil Terminal (DOT)
Diving and welding in high-explosive hazardous environments such as Oil Terminals requires highly skilled divers and specialist equipment to ensure the risk of any incidents is negated. Prior to this operation, SG SALVAGE completed their usual comprehensive Risk Assessments and Safe Systems of Work for the specific tasks involved including Underwater Welding, Equipment Safety and Operations in Oil & Gas Explosive Environments, and the task was completed to ABS Class standards with no adverse incidents. 
Underwater welding being conducted on the Oil Terminal piles
On completion of the task, cathodic protection levels on all 192 piles were tested by an ABS class representative, and comparisons of the readings taken before the new anodes were fitted revealed a considerable improvement.
In total, the task took SG SALVAGE 60 days and 4,222 man diving hours to complete.
SG SALVAGE Commercial Diver
This latest task adds to the wealth of experience SG has gained since 1999, providing vital Commercial Diving Services to the maritime industry including Wreck Removal, Salvage, Underwater Surveys (RINA and ABS class certified), Hull Maintenance, Inspection & Cleaning, Jetty/quay Construction & Maintenance, Seabed Surveys and Search & Recovery Operations.
As always, SG SALVAGE would like to thank all its divers and crew whose dedication and loyalty helped make this project a success, and we look forward to continued growth in this high-demand, specialist area.
Previous successful tasks completed by SG SALVAGE:
- Recovery, tow & re-sinking of 2 x 200-ton barges from Djibouti’s northern Tadjourah Port
- Recovery, tow & re-sinking of one 250-ton barge from Djibouti’s DMP Terminal
- Dozens of IACS Class Approved In-Water Surveys and vessel hull cleans
- Search & Recovery operations for lost anchors, chains and crane heads
- Environmental protection & recovery operations, including moving coral from areas under construction and replanting them in safe areas
SG Salvage is a brand name of Sovereign Global Djibouti SARL and is the only commercial diving company registered and situated in Djibouti. We are approved by ABS and RINA as recognised external specialists for In-Water Survey and our integrated Quality Management System is certified to ISO 9001:2015.
