A new piece of equipment for deep ocean pile driving was recently used in 140m of water off the coast of Brazil. The StabFRAME is lowered to the sea floor and leveled to allow accurate driving of piles into the sea floor. See the video below for an example. More on the Brazil Project at the NCE link. [Source: Large Diameter Drill via NCE. Image: LDD]
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