Swire Blue Ocean will put its Pacific Osprey jack-up back onto installation duties next year, around 18 months after part of the vessel’s main crane collapsed.
The Danish vessel operator is currently installing a new crane aboard the ship, which is pegged to re-enter service in the first half of 2020.
Four crew members were injured when a section of the boom collapsed onto the deck beside the bridge on 23 August 2018 during maintenance at the Dutch port of Eemshaven.
Swire held a “one-year anniversary commemoration” to mark the “tragic incident” at its Copenhagen office last month.
“One year after the loss of Pacific Osprey’s boom, we learnt the lessons from what happened and put in place measures so that it never happens again,” said Swire Blue Ocean chief executive Mikkel Gleerup.
“We came out of it stronger and turned this regrettable incident into an opportunity to improve our vessel, safety practices and organisation.”
Pacific Osprey has seen some action since, including delivery earlier this year of a substation topside to EnBW’s 112MW Albatros wind farm in the German North.