Dutch outfit Safeway has unveiled its third type of motion-compensated walk-to-work gangway for the offshore wind industry.
The new system, Safeway Albatross, has a lift integrated in the mast of the installation, for transporting goods, pallets and people. The lift can also be extended to the below-deck storage hold of a platform supply vessel (PSV).
The stable boom of the Albatross can be rotated through 360 degrees, enabling the mast to be centrally mounted on the deck of a PSV.
It also means that the 30 metre-long gangway can be manoeuvred towards the stern, port or starboard, for the safe and rapid transfer of workers and their tools from the vessel to the offshore construction.
The 30-metre boom means the gangway can be positioned centrally on vessels with a maximum beam of 20 metres.
There is also an option of boom length of up to 32 metres so that the gangway can be mounted on 24 metre-wide vessels.
Albatross adds to the Safeway Seagull and Osprey systems already on the market.