A subsidiary of Valaris has been fined £130,000 by an Aberdeen Court as a result of a March 31, 2016 incident on the Rowan Gorilla VII. At the time, the vessel was in the North Sea conducting operations. The crane was in operation when one of its legs failed, and the boom collapsed. Debris from the crane fell into the North Sea and onto the deck of a nearby vessel which was pumping cement at the time, the Solvik Supplier.
Rowan Drilling pled guilty in the Aberdeen Court, to violating the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act of 1974. In 2019, Rowan Drilling merged with Ensco, and changed its name to Valaris.
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