A new upgraded crane boom is on its way to Denmark for installation on Swire Blue Ocean jack-up Pacific Osprey, which will give the vessel the capability to install next-generation turbines.
Swire Blue Ocean contracted Blue Water Shipping to transport the 115-metre boom from NOV’s manufacturing yard to Denmark aboard Sal’s MV Wiebke.
The boom was loaded onto the vessel on 21 January and left the yard on 22 January.
It is expected to reach Denmark around 1 March and installation on board Pacific Osprey will commence once it has been delivered.
Swire Blue Ocean expects Pacific Osprey to be back in service by 1 May this year.
Pacific Osprey was originally fitted with a 1200MT main crane with a 31-metre radius and 97-metre hook height above deck.
The upgraded vessel will have 1200MT main crane with a 31-metre radius and a 132-metre hook height above deck, as well as a 700MT with a 50-metre radius and 125-metre hook height.
It will be capable of handling four Siemens Gamesa 10.0-193 units, five MHI Vestas V164-10MW and V174-9.5MW and three GE Haliade-X 12MW machines.
Swire Blue Ocean head of marine operations Kim Tribler said: “This is an important milestone for Swire Blue Ocean.
“The transportation of the crane boom to Denmark rewards months of hard work spent developing a new crane boom design with capacity for future wind turbines. We have all been looking forward to this moment and are very excited about what is coming soon.”