Ming Tsang
Cable Engineer
Ming is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers with over 10 years of experience in offshore oil & gas and renewable energy. His expertise is primarily in installation analysis and has extensive experience of working across the project life cycle, from feasibility study, detailed design, project management and offshore operations (both as a Project Engineer and as a Marine Warranty Surveyor).
- Installation Analysis Expert
- Offshore Cable Installation Experience
- Mooring Analysis
- Marine Warranty Experience
He has provided engineering analysis support for many offshore cable installation operations: cable lay of export, array, interlink and interconnectors; 1st and 2nd end pull-in operations into offshore assets such as monopiles and offshore substations (OSS); 1st and 2nd end pull-in operations to the shore; cable joint overboarding operations; and the launch and recovery of trenching vehicles. In addition to this, he has carried out mooring design analysis in accordance with the relevant DNV and ISO standards. In addition to hydrodynamic analysis, he has performed seafastening calculations for a range of items and have designed bespoke steel fabrications to codes such as AISC and Eurocode 3.
Acting as the onboard Project Engineer and attending Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) for several installation vessels, he has gained offshore experience in simultaneous lay and burial; cable jointing; CPS stabilisation; MP and OSS array cable pull-ins; and concrete mattress installations within the Greater North Sea region.
He has provided MWS services to numerous offshore renewable installation projects in UK, Europe and Asia, in particular export, array and interconnector cable installation, where he was responsible for approving the engineering and operational aspects of the installation campaign.
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