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Aegir performs heavy lifts for EOWDC

By: Matthew White 02/05/2018 Port of Tyne

General Vessels Windfarms

The deep-water heavy lift and pipelay vessel Aegirhas undertaken heavy lifting operations at the Port of Tyne’s Northumbrian Quay in North Shields.

The 4,000 ton heavy lift capacity and deepwater construction vessel (DCV) vessel, operated by Netherlands based Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC), will be in the river for around two weeks. During which time, a number of wind turbine jackets will be transported down river from Smulders Projects UK, based in Wallsend.

The jackets which measure between 68 – 81m high and weigh 1,300 tons have been constructed by Belgian owned Smulders UK as part of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) off Aberdeen in Scotland.

The marine operation commenced on Tuesday 1st May with the wind turbine jackets being towed from Wallsend on a barge to the deep-water berth at the Port of Tyne.

The scope of the work consists of Aegir coming alongside the barge and lifting a jacket, deploying its 125m long, 96m high main crane. After securing the jacket, Aegir will sail to Scotland with the it suspended from its crane, over the side of the vessel, before returning to repeat the operation with the remaining jackets.

While the lifting operations are taking place the Port of Tyne has enforced a slow speed passing limitation for other vessels - as the 211 metre long and 46 metre wide Aegir will encroach into the river channel.

Steven Clapperton, Port of Tyne Harbour Master & Director of Health & Safety, Environment and Marine, said: “These are complex marine activities, using this substantial vessel of around 50,000 gross tonnes, which can be seen for miles around. The size of the ship, with its 4,000 tons revolving heavy lift crane, and the complexity of the operation make the Port of Tyne’s Northumbrian Quay ideally placed to handle this work, due to its deep-water and close proximity to open sea.”

Aegir is expected return from Scotland every three days to complete a total of five lifting operations at the Port of Tyne.

In 2016 the Aegir was used to complete the offshore installation campaign for the INPEX Ichthys LNG project. During the 18 months Ichthys offshore campaign, the vessel DCV Aegir completed a number of tasks including heavy lift, J-lay, Reel-lay, pile driving and pre-lay of the moorings within one project. The main contractor was McDermott who required the Aegir to perform the transportation and installation work scope on the Ichthys project.

The vessel has been used in infrastructure and pipeline projects in ultra-deep water but has sufficient lifting capacity to install fixed platforms in relatively shallow water. The living quarters are equipped to accommodate 289 persons in single and double cabins, with a maximum of 305 persons. The design is a customized Ulstein Sea of Solutions SOC 5000.

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