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Medevac 500 kilometres from Gran Canaria

On Aug 28, 2024, a HD.21 'Super Puma' helicopter from the Gando Air Base medevaced an 38-year-old Italian crew member in serious condition from the 'Saipem FPS', which was sailing about 500 kilometres from Gran Canaria, in a mission that lasted almost five hours, The patient was suffering from severe abdominal pain and required urgent medical assistance, so the SAR of the Canary Islands Air and Space Force was activated, which has a nurse as part of its permanent crew on its rescue helicopters. To undertake this mission, the support of a CN-235/300 aircraft belonging to SASEMAR was requested, which provided the helicopter with information on winds at altitude, with the aim of optimizing its flight to minimize fuel consumption and maximize speed. Thus, the plane gave the ship the instructions required by the helicopter regarding the course and speed that it should maintain during the manoeuvre in order to facilitate landing on the ship, with which the helicopter was able to rescue the patient. With the evacuee on board, the helicopter headed for the helipad of the Doctor Negrín Hospital, in Gran Canaria, where he was picked up by an ambulance from the Canary Islands Emergency Service and was admitted. Report with photo: https://www.abc.es/espana/canarias/rescate-alta-mar-marinero-estado-grave-buque-20240828113733-nt.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

Crew member died in his cabin

13 of the 77 crew members of the "Saipem FDS" were quarantined on April 10, 2020 after a deceased man had been found in his cabin on board in the morning. Another crew member was diagnosed with corona infection after he was taken to rhe hospital Erasmus MC on April 8. The ship was berthed at the Uniport Terminal in Rotterdam since April 7, previously it was in Schiedam since March 23. The man who has died was currently being investigated by forensic specialists to determine the cause of his death. As far as is known, he had no complaints. Dutch report with photo: https://www.transport-online.nl/site/113874/mogelijk-coronapatienten-op-werkschip-in-rotterdam-hulpdiensten-schalen-groot-op-foto/

Saipem awarded with new contracts worth in excess of $1 billion.

Saipem has been awarded new E&C Offshore contracts in Egypt, in the North Sea and in Russia, worth in excess of $1 billion. In Egypt, Burullus Gas Company awarded Saipem the EPIC contract for new subsea developments in the area of the West Delta Deep Marine Concession, located about 90 kilometers offshore the Northwest Nile delta, at water depths between 400 and 1,000 meters. The development encompasses the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of a total of seven new subsea wellheads and relevant infrastructures, umbilicals and flowlines. Saipem has already carried out two earlier phases of the West Delta Deep Marine Concession’s subsea development. The work will be connected to existing infrastructure. The offshore activities will be carried out mainly by the highly-specialized vessel, Saipem FDS.