GeoSea’s new jack-up vessel Apollo is being prepared for a Boom Lock system engineered and designed by lifting specialists High Wind.
The system that is mounted on an offshore crane, and is designed to control the movement of the crane hook and the payload in such a way that installation time can be reduced.
High Wind said the boom lock will also increase safety during the installation of the wind turbines as uncontrolled movements in windy conditions will be dramatically reduced.
High Wind head of business development Ole Jacob Wang Nielsen said: “We are honoured to have been trusted by GeoSea to prepare their newest jack-up vessel Apollo for the Boom Lock system. With the system installed, the Apollo will be capable of safer and more efficient installation of turbines and blades in higher wind speeds”.
The company added that first Boom Lock was completed in January 2015 and undertook extensive testing at the REBO site in the port of Ostend.
The system outperformed the design specification by keeping a 6MW-turbine blade steady in wind speed of 15 m/s with gusts of up to 20 m/s. Since then, the
The Book Lock system has completed its first offshore installation project, supporting the installation of 15 x MHI Vestas V112 3.3MW wind turbines at Vattenfall’s Kentish Flats Extension.
Image: the boom lock system at the Kentish Flats extension (High Wind)
