At the heart of every Abyss operation
At Abyss’ operations centre, Åge and his colleagues keep things on course. They have an overview of almost everything that is happening.
In brief
Abyss’ operations centre is the hub for planning, coordination and emergency response across the fleet.
A multidisciplinary team keeps track of long-term and urgent assignments, mobilises resources during incidents and is available around the clock. The centre also provides important support for vessels, crews and customers.
The operations centre is involved at some level in everything operational at Abyss. The idea is to be the central hub with an overview of all operations, explains Team Leader Åge Lyster.
A vital emergency response role
The operations centre maintains emergency preparedness across Abyss and its fleet. It handles potential fish escapes, urgent customer needs and adverse events, and can quickly mobilise internal or external resources.
A skilled team
The core team consists of Åge Lyster, Gary Jones, Alf William Ofstad and Marius Betten. Together, they bring experience from the maritime industry, the oil supply industry, fish farming and operational coordination.
On call 24/7
The team works normal office hours but also takes part in an on-call rota with three people from the extended operations centre. This ensures that skilled emergency response support is available during evenings, nights and weekends.
Breaking new ground
Local branch offices follow up customers and vessels, while the centralised operations centre coordinates the fleet and keeps logistics running smoothly. With nationwide, round-the-clock emergency response, customers can in principle deal with a single provider.
Varied assignments
The operations centre plans long-term vessel service, net cleaning, site fallowing and delousing assignments while also handling short-term spot assignments. Diving makes up a large part of the work, from inspections and hull services to welding, valves and thrusters.
A support function
The operations centre also supports every vessel in the fleet, helping resolve challenges that arise in daily operations.
