From offshore discoveries to
landmark marine project
successes.
19 project case studies spanning offshore drilling, subsea engineering, telecommunications infrastructure and heavy lift operations across South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique.
Deepsea Mira: Volans-1x & Kharas-1 Drilling
Back-to-back two-well campaign on the Deepsea Mira covering Volans-1x and Kharas-1, run from Afrishore's Walvis Bay offshore supply base.
Dock Titan: Heavy Lift to Réunion
Onshore coordination of one of the largest semi-submersible heavy lift operations ever staged through the Port of Cape Town.
Deepsea Mira: SPS & BOP Exchange
Special Periodic Survey of the Deepsea Mira at Walvis Bay, scoped with a Blowout Preventer (BOP) exchange and multiple heavy lift logistics movements.
Deepsea Mira: Tamboti-1x Drilling
Continued Deepsea Mira drilling campaign on the Tamboti-1x well, with Afrishore providing full onshore logistics.
Deepsea Bollsta: Special Periodic Survey
Integrated supply base operations for the 5-yearly recertification of the Deepsea Bollsta semi-submersible drilling unit.
Baker Hughes: Tanzania Explosives Air Charter
Urgent multi-class explosives air charter from Houston, via O.R. Tambo to Dar es Salaam, supporting Baker Hughes' gas-well intervention contract.
Deepsea Hercules: Mopane-1x Campaign
Turnkey onshore logistics for the Deepsea Hercules rig operating on Galp Energia's Mopane-1x exploration well in Namibian waters.
Deepsea Mira: Venus-1x Drilling
Shore-base logistics for the Deepsea Mira's Venus-1X re-entry and drill stem test in Namibia's Orange Basin, dual-base from Walvis Bay and Lüderitz.
Deepsea Bollsta: Jonker-1 Drilling Campaign
Vessel agency and offshore supply base for the Deepsea Bollsta's Jonker-1 drilling campaign in Namibian waters, run from Afrishore's Walvis Bay base.
2Africa: Subsea Cable Landing
Onshore logistics for the South African landing of the 2Africa subsea cable – one of the largest telecoms infrastructure projects ever built.
Eco Atlantic: Gazania-1 Drilling Campaign
Project logistics and offshore supply base from Cape Town for Eco Atlantic's first South African campaign – the Gazania-1 exploration well on Block 2B.
Logistica: Orca Single-Voyage Tow to Alang
Five parallel regulatory workstreams cleared in a 23-day window for the semi-submersible Orca's single-voyage tow from Mossel Bay to Alang, India.
TotalEnergies: Luiperd Supply Base
Twin-port offshore supply base operations across Mossel Bay and Cape Town for TotalEnergies' Luiperd gas-condensate discovery campaign.
TotalEnergies: Brulpadda Discovery Campaign
Integrated onshore logistics for the Brulpadda discovery campaign – the largest gas-condensate find in South African waters in a decade.
Oceaneering: Subsea Grout Bags
Subsea grout bag installation logistics: 200 subsea grout bags manufactured, certified, secured and exported by Afrishore from Cape Town, South Africa to offshore Angola for Oceaneering – single coordinated consignment for subsea infrastructure stabilisation.
TotalEnergies: Anchor Testing
Quayside support for a TotalEnergies rig mooring and anchor-testing campaign from the Port of Cape Town – anchor handling, marshalling and AHTS load-out.
TotalEnergies: Brulpadda Drilling Campaign
First drilling attempt at Brulpadda on the Eirik Raude rig – a campaign that laid the groundwork for the 2018–19 discovery.
SBM Offshore: Subsea Pipelaying
Integrated logistics and port support for SBM Offshore's subsea pipeline installation at the Port of Mossel Bay, 2013 – an early Afrishore subsea project.
SBM Offshore: Subsea Mattress & Grout Bag Manufacture
Afrishore stood up a complete local casting and grout-batching capability on the Mossel Bay quayside – 1,480 articulated concrete mattresses and 4,000 t of subsea grout manufactured for SBM Offshore's Project Ikhwezi.