MMT AB awarded vessel and ROV contract for NordStream AG

During and after the First and Second World Wars, chemical and conventional munitions were deployed and disposed of in the Baltic Sea. In order to guarantee the safe construction and operation of the pipeline, MMT has, on the behalf of Nord Stream, carefully assessed the seabed with the aim of avoiding munitions.

Based on the results of the surveys, it was possible to avoid many sites where munitions would have impeded safe construction and  operation . However, in specific locations, it is necessary to clear munitions. For safe removal Nord Stream has developed a munitions clearance plan in close cooperation with the responsible national authorities, thus benefiting from their experience with the handling of dumped munitions

Illustrations by Nord Stream AG

MMT has chartered the vessel Edda Freya especially for this assignment. The vessel will be  manned with approximately 40 field specialists for MMT, Bactec, NordStream, and Östensjö.
The demolition work will be conducted by experts from Bactec, a UK based  explosive Ordnance disposal and mine action company.

MMT will be responsible for the ROV work, which will be conducted by a subAtlantic Comanche work class ROV equipped to handle underwater explosives as well as a Mohican inspection ROV equipped with multibeam echo sounder for detailed seabed mapping. The work will commence in the beginning of March and will stretch over a 75-day long time period.

Nord Stream is a 1220-kilometre-long off-shore natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea, from Vyborg, Russia to Greifswald, Germany which is to be built by Nord Stream AG.

Nord Stream is a joint project of four major companies: Gazprom, BASF/Wintershall, E.ON Ruhrgas AG and Gasunie.

Questions are answered by:
Ola Oskarsson (ola.oskarsson@mmt.se), CEO
Olof Nilsson (olof.nilsson@mmt.se), CMO

More information can be found at www.nord-stream.com