Phoenix International Holdings
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Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. (Phoenix) is an employee owned marine services
company that performs complex manned and unmanned underwater operations worldwide. Phoenix was incorporated in 1996 as Phoenix Marine, Inc. and started doing business in 1997. It changed its name in January 2000 to Phoenix International, Inc., and then to Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. in November 2007 when it became an employee owned company.
The company’s core business segments include waterborne ship repairs; underwater inspection, maintenance and repair; deep ocean
search and recovery; submarine rescue; and marine engineering. They provide expertise in underwater welding (wet and dry chamber); non-destructive testing; conventional and one-atmosphere manned diving; and side scan sonar and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) operations. The marine engineering services that Phoenix provides include unmanned underwater vehicles, underwater robotics, cofferdam
s & weight handling fixtures, and diving systems. Phoenix recently completed the design, fabrication, and testing of a Saturation Fly-Away Diving System (SAT FADS) for the U.S. Navy. Its customers include U.S. and foreign navies and government agencies; the oil and gas, subsea mining and entertainment industries; and the archaeological community.
Naval architecture
Naval architecture is an engineering discipline dealing with the design, construction, maintenance and operation of marine vessels and structures. Naval architecture involves basic and applied research, design, development, design evaluation and calculations during all stages of the life of a...
company that performs complex manned and unmanned underwater operations worldwide. Phoenix was incorporated in 1996 as Phoenix Marine, Inc. and started doing business in 1997. It changed its name in January 2000 to Phoenix International, Inc., and then to Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. in November 2007 when it became an employee owned company.
The company’s core business segments include waterborne ship repairs; underwater inspection, maintenance and repair; deep ocean
Deep sea
The deep sea, or deep layer, is the lowest layer in the ocean, existing below the thermocline and above the seabed, at a depth of 1000 fathoms or more. Little or no light penetrates this part of the ocean and most of the organisms that live there rely for subsistence on falling organic matter...
search and recovery; submarine rescue; and marine engineering. They provide expertise in underwater welding (wet and dry chamber); non-destructive testing; conventional and one-atmosphere manned diving; and side scan sonar and Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) operations. The marine engineering services that Phoenix provides include unmanned underwater vehicles, underwater robotics, cofferdam
Cofferdam
A cofferdam is a temporary enclosure built within, or in pairs across, a body of water and constructed to allow the enclosed area to be pumped out, creating a dry work environment for the major work to proceed...
s & weight handling fixtures, and diving systems. Phoenix recently completed the design, fabrication, and testing of a Saturation Fly-Away Diving System (SAT FADS) for the U.S. Navy. Its customers include U.S. and foreign navies and government agencies; the oil and gas, subsea mining and entertainment industries; and the archaeological community.
Contracts
Phoenix currently holds three US Navy contracts that require emergency response. These three contracts are:- Undersea Operations - worldwide rapid response undersea search and salvage operations and related engineering services in support the Director of Ocean Engineering, Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV).
- Diving and Diving Related Services - air, mixed gas and saturation diving and related engineering services in support of the SUPSALV mission areas of diving, salvage and underwater ship repair.
- Submarine Rescue - management, engineering, technical and logistical support services required to operate and maintain the U.S. Navy’s Domestic and International Submarine Rescue Program assets in rescue ready status 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Notable Projects
Notable projects in which Phoenix has participated include:- Air France 447 , Yemenia Flight IY626 , Adam Air 574 , and Tuninter 1153 black box recoveries;
- underwater inspection of the Deepwater HorizonDeepwater HorizonDeepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned, semi-submersible offshore oil drilling rig owned by Transocean. Built in 2001 in South Korea by Hyundai Heavy Industries, the rig was commissioned by R&B Falcon, which later became part of Transocean, registered in Majuro, Marshall...
control room ; - the discovery and forensic survey of the Israeli submarine INS DakarINS DakarINS Dakar was the former modified British T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. In 1965, she was purchased by Israel as part of a group of three T-class submarines. She was commissioned into the Israeli Sea Corps in November 1967 and underwent sea and diving trials in Scotland. Dakar departed for...
; - the search for Space Shuttle ColumbiaSpace Shuttle Columbia disasterThe Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS-107, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, resulting in the death of all seven crew members...
debris ; - USS MonitorUSS MonitorUSS Monitor was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She is most famous for her participation in the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862, the first-ever battle fought between two ironclads...
turret recovery ; - RMS Titanic documentary investigations and mapping projects
- Bold Monarch 2011.
Offices
Phoenix has seven offices in six geographic locations:- Largo, MD
- Bayou Vista, LA
- Norfolk, VA
- Houston, TX
- San Diego, CA (two separate offices)
- Aiea, HI