Engineering and technology company Osbit has delivered a bespoke gangway system to Van Oord for use on the installation of offshore wind farms.
The P-12R gangway has been installed on the heavy lift vessel Svanen, which has been initially deployed to support construction of the 258MW Burbo Bank 2 wind farm off the UK’s northwest coast.
In the future, the vessel will support offshore wind projects in the Baltic, as well as in the UK.
Osbit said its system will help to streamline operations, enabling technicians to safely and reliably access the transition pieces in an area with significantly wide tidal range.
The company said it applied a roller system to allow “vertical movement of the gangway without operator intervention, allowing the system to adjust to tidal conditions automatically”.
The P-12R is also fitted with a swivelling end step to enable safe access, even when the gangway is not facing directly onto the transition piece’s boat landing access ladder, Osbit said.
Image: P-12R ganagway (Osbit)
