Here are a few pictures from a Barge project we have just completed. This vessel had over 250 holes ranging in size from a hairline fracture to a basketball .
Green Baseball Hat
June 10th, 2011
We Get it Out
January 6th, 2010You thought you pulled an all Nighter.
IDS Announces New Training Facility
December 16th, 2009
We invite you to come out to our new training facility in Cut Off, LA where we put a diver in the tank and the crawfish to boil. Pass a good time with your favorite dive team while gaining an extensive understanding like never before of what happens when the diver hits the water.
IDS, Taking great strides in the education of our divers in Vessel & Barge services.
the downside about rope guards
June 30th, 2009
Some companies stand by the rope guard (shaft protector) and others want nothing to do with them. I can say that I have seen cases where a diver would have been able to free up a vessel if not for the rope guard, however who is to say how many times that the very same rope guard has saved that vessel. I do not feel that I am qualified to bost my opinion and pass it off as fact, so I will share the latest story about the rope guard allowing you to form your own opinion. A diver was sent out to remove 60 feet of 2 inch cable from a Kort Nozzle. The diver made multiple cuts and removed cable from around the flukes, shaft and interior nozzle. Diver had captain run vessel after job was complete and performed a final inspection to find no cable remaining. One month later when vessel was dry docked you can clearly see where cable was trapped and had expanded with enough force to crack open half of the rope guard. This is something the diver could not feel at the time the rope guard was intact and would not have been able to remove even if he had known it was there. I ask you to take a close look at these two pictures and decide for yourself.
And it keeps on Coming…
June 22nd, 2009
All this Debris is from one Vessel which was offshore. Our divers were able to free the vessel.
Recovery Project
June 10th, 2009This spud leg was recovered in 54 feet of water at the bottom of the Mississippi River. 
IDS Announces the Release of its New Website
May 18th, 2009Independent Diving Services is proud to announce the release of its new website. Keep tabs on our blog, “The Mouthpiece”, to see what we’re pulling out of the water.
