Shipping Surveys

CDC prides itself with its shipping experience & is Class certified with ABS, Lloyds Register & DNV GL & can support work with regards to subsea surveys (Along side & at anchorage) All work is captured via CCTV & a final technical report of all work is documented with still pics & diagrams & sent to the client. We have a Rapid Response Shipping Unit for quick response emergencies.

Marine Civils

CDC is always committed to maintaining high health and safety standards on any site & can undertake any civils project with commitment & problem solving by providing simple but practical solutions. CDC has gained vast civils experience over the years and prides itself in completing a project efficiently while doing as little harm to the environment as possible.

Salvage

CDC has successfully completed five salvage operations. One being the removal of 80 tons of diesel from the fishing vessel, Baratz, that sank off Cape Recife in 30 meters of water. Another salvage was the Larianna, a 60 tonne concrete vessel that sank in Port Elizabeth harbour & the reflaoting of the Knysna Paddle Cruiser. CDC has a 24hr rapid response maritime emergency team.

Dredging

CDC is committed to offering efficient dredging services at reasonable rates. CDC specializes in dredging hard to access places where larger dredges cannot reach. CDC has a wide range of dredging equipment and can accommodate any dredging requirements received from clients.

Shipping Surveys

  • Class surveys
  • UWILD surveys
  • General visual inspection (GVI)
  • Wear down readings. Shaft and rudder
  • Still photograph surveys and reporting
  • CCTV surveys and class reporting.
  • Leak detection.
  • Damage & deformity assessment
  • Rope removal
  • Sea chest and overboard valve blanking & OBV pluggings
  • General maintenance
  • Sealing of stern tube gland
  • Anode change-outs; welded or bolted
  • Prop shaft and rudder removal & replacement

Marine Civils

  • In-water Port construction, repairs & maintenance
  • Slope revetment
  • Underwater welding and cutting (Hydraulic/Broco)
  • Complete slipway builds & maintenance
  • Life extension of assets by means of cathodic protection
  • Pipeline installations and maintenance as well as valve removal and replacement
  • Sheet piling repairs and quay wall repairs
  • Quayside rehabilitation
  • Core drilling and grouting
  • Underwater concrete casting and shutter board assembly
  • Hydraulic fender installations
  • Quay wall inspections and repairs
  • Underwater structural inspections
  • Inland construction, repair & maintenance for dams, reservoirs & bridges water systems
  • Demolitions

Salvage

  • Floating sunken vessels
  • Wreck removal of shipwrecks
  • Rigging and lifting
  • Cutting up & wreckage removal
  • Environmental clean-up of wreck sites as well as fuel, oil and hazardous substance removal
  • 24 hour rapid response team

Fully certified staff and reliable service

CDC Diving is a proudly Eastern Cape Commercial Diving Company. Specializing in In-water-surveys on ships, inshore & offshore marine salvage, dredging & underwater construction. DNV GL, ABS & LR certified. ISO 9001.

Quality commercial diving services at an affordable price

We are a 13 year old commercial diving company based in Port Elizabeth and have the TNPA port diving licenses to carry out commercial diving operations in the Port of Mossel Bay, Port of Port Elizabeth, Port of Ngqura and the Port of East London. We are Lloyds, American Bureau of Shipping & DNV GL certified as well as obtaining our ISO-9001. We specialize in both land inshore civil and coastal/off-shore commercial diving projects consisting of In-Water CCTV Class surveys of vessels, UWILD surveys, various ship husbandry, GVI’s, crack detection, damage & deformity assessments, salvage, in-water Port construction, repairs & maintenance, dredging & airlifting, inland construction, repair & maintenance for dams water systems, reservoirs & bridges & demolition, with many tools at our disposal mainly being pneumatic tools, hydraulic tools, broco cutting, welding, lift bags & rigging equipment.

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