Smulders Projects at Wallsend

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Re: Smulders Projects at Wallsend

Postby Whickham » Fri Dec 22, 2017 10:28 am

The Smulders site on the shortest day 21/12/2017

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Barge LOUIS still waiting for another tripod, or just waiting to go.

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Re: Smulders Projects at Wallsend

Postby creemaster » Mon Jan 01, 2018 12:09 pm

Seaway Heavy Lifting’s (SHL) vessel Oleg Strashnov installed the 32nd of 86 jacket foundations on the 588MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in Outer Moray Firth, Scotland, on 24 December, a Weekly Notice of Operations shows. Oleg Strashnov will remain on the site off Scotland until early January, after which another SHL vessel, Stanislav Yudin, will take over the project and install the remaining jackets. The project is expected to be completed by September 2018. The Beatrice offshore wind farm will comprise 84 Siemens 7MW turbines and two offshore substations, all installed on jacket foundations. The first turbines are expected to be installed in summer 2018, with the wind farm scheduled for commissioning by the end of 2019. Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd (BOWL), the owner and developer of the wind farm, is a joint venture partnership between SSE (40%), Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (35%) and Red Rock Power Ltd. (25%). (Source: Offshore Wind)

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Re: Smulders Projects at Wallsend

Postby RichardP » Tue Jan 02, 2018 5:34 pm

There is another youtube video now about the suction buckets etc for the Aberdeen wind farm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKxGeIz-lDo

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Re: Smulders Projects at Wallsend

Postby Whickham » Mon Jan 08, 2018 4:39 pm

The Smulders yard 08/01/2018, barge LOUIS still alongside.

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Re: Smulders Projects at Wallsend

Postby Whickham » Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:54 am

Smulders yard 15/01/2018. Barge LOUIS has moved up the quay but still only got one tripod base on board.
MULTRATUG 14 with barge OSPREY CARRIER II is at the far end having brought in a couple of tripod tops on the 14th that have to be unloaded.

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Re: Smulders Projects at Wallsend

Postby Whickham » Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:06 am

Seems to be a glut of barges and attendant tugs at the moment. Today 16/0/2018 we have:
MULTRATUG 14 with barge OSPREY CARRIER II at Smulders
Barge LOUIS at Smulders
UNION BOXER with barge JAN at Northumbrian Quay
UNION LYNX waiting for something, maybe LOUIS, at Northumbrian Quay
MTS VANQUISH with BARGE RORO4 at the Tanker Terminal
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Re: Smulders Projects at Wallsend

Postby Whickham » Sat Jan 27, 2018 9:12 am

The Tyne tugs moving the barge LOUIS (with single turbine base on board) along the quay 25/01/2018.

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Re: Smulders Projects at Wallsend

Postby Whickham » Sun Jan 28, 2018 9:04 am

Barge LOUIS gets a second wind turbine tripod at long last 27/01/2018.
She is currently slated to leave on the 31st.

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Re: Smulders Projects at Wallsend

Postby Whickham » Thu Feb 01, 2018 1:23 pm

MTS VANQUISH alongside Northumbrian Quay 01/02/2018. She brought in barge ROROPONTON4 with 3 quad tops on board 31/01/2018.
They came from Burntisland which suggests they had been taken to the 'failed' fabricator there first.

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Re: Smulders Projects at Wallsend

Postby Whickham » Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:41 am

Smulders yard 11/02/2018
Can they store any more of the Trifids?

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Barge JAN alongside with two tripods waiting to go

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and barge LOUIS with two tripods (DIAN KINGDOM alongside), also waiting to go (currently 16th)

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