Seaway Heavy Lifting wins transportation and installation contract in North Sea
Aberdeen based Wood Group Engineering (North Sea) Ltd has awarded a contract to Seaway Heavy Lifting Contracting Ltd for the transportation and installation of two weather monitoring stations for the East Anglia Offshore Wind zone, located in the Southern North Sea, East Anglia Field, UK, the SHL press release said.
The offshore weather monitoring stations comprise of conventional mono-piles (399t and 616t), grouted transition pieces (2 x 127t) and a lattice towers (2 x 43t), in different water depths (25.6 and 42.9m). These stations will be among the most technically advanced in the UK, as they will measure wind speed, wind direction in the area, temperature and air pressure. The East Anglia Offshore Wind project has the potential to deliver 7200MW of installed capacity, which is capable of generating enough clean green energy to power 5 million homes.
SHL will execute its work in Q2 of 2013.
Cyprus-headquartered Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL), founded in 1992, is an independent offshore installation contractor with experience in the transport, installation and removal of offshore oil & gas platforms, subsea structures and the installation of wind turbine foundations and substations. By utilising our highly experienced personnel and state of the art vessels, we can offer tailor-made solutions for a variety of projects in differing circumstances and environments. SHL operates crane vessels ‘Stanislav Yudin’ and ‘Oleg Strashnov’, with a revolving lift capacity of 2,500mt and 5,000mt respectively. SHL is known and respected throughout the industry for its reliability and the successful and safe execution of offshore projects. The company is steadily building an impressive track record.