SAL Heavy Lift’s MV Frauke wraps up project offshore West Africa

Feb. 10, 2015
SAL Heavy Lift’s specialist vessel MV Frauke has completed a long-term project off West Africa. The vessel started the project in July 2014 and finalized it in December 2014.

Offshore staff

HAMBURG, GermanySAL Heavy Lift’s specialist vessel MV Frauke has completed a long-term project off West Africa. The vessel started the project in July 2014 and finalized it in December 2014.

The project consisted of seven phases:

  • Mobilization and special preparation of the vessel in Germany and the Netherlands

  • Loading and transport of two empty carousels from the Netherlands to the US, both 12-m (39-ft) tall with a diameter of 26 m (85 ft), weighing 620 tons (562 metric tons)

  • Spooling of more than 2,000 tons (1,814 metric tons) of umbilicals in the US

  • Transport of the fully-spooled carousels to the project site offshoreWest Africa

  • Onsite support for the installation vesselS3000 offshore West Africa over a two-month period, including assistance for discharging of full carousels and the reloading of empty carousels at double banking

  • Transport of the empty carousels back to the Netherlands, discharging

  • Demobilization of the vessel in Germany in December.

SAL Heavy Lift said that the project’s significant challenge was the precision required on the weight-spreading calculation on the hatch covers. The stability of the hatch covers was ensured with tailor-made steel supports, which were installed beneath the hatch cover. A special grillage was designed to spread the weight of the heavier carousel.

02/10/2015