Alfa Lift, will certainly include a 3,000 heap primary crane, a 10,000+ sq. m “smart deck” with the ability of bring as well as mounting approximately 14 XL monopiles per trip as well as will certainly have the ability to totally immerse the primary deck to a deepness of 14.66 meter
MacGregor has actually reserved its biggest ever before single-vessel agreement. It covers the supply of a system important to the goal of what will certainly be the globe’s biggest tailor-made overseas wind structure installment vessel.
Being constructed for Oslo- headquartered Offshore Heavy Transport SA (OHT) at the China Merchants Heavy Industry shipyard in Jiangsu, China, the vessel, the Alfa Lift, will certainly include a 3,000-ton primary crane, a 10,000-plus-square-meter “smart deck” with the ability of bring as well as mounting approximately 14 XL monopiles per trip as well as will certainly have the ability to totally immerse the primary deck to a deepness of 14.66 meters.
MacGregor’s extent of supply consists of the design, purchase as well as building and construction of the monopile training, skidding as well as transfer system, which is an essential component of the installment procedure, embarked on by utilizing an overthrowing device as well as movement made up gripper framework.
The motion-compensated gripper framework will certainly be very closely interfaced with the vessel’s vibrant placing as well as control system in an incorporated option created collectively by MacGregor as well asKongsberg Maritime Both business think that the application of automated managing options will certainly boost the safety and security, efficiency as well as uniformity of the installment procedure, leading to considerable price as well as time cost savings.
Alfa Lift is arranged for distribution in 2021.
“The monopile installation solution is the result of applying our collective capabilities and experience to solve market challenges and achieve optimum operability for our vessels,” claims Torgeir E. Ramstad, OHT’s Chief Executive Officer. “Whenever we ask MacGregor to solve operational challenges in the demanding marine environment they, together with partners, demonstrate excellent technical understanding and respond quickly. We are extremely pleased to be working together on the exciting Alfa Lift project.”
“Working closely with MacGregor, we have developed an innovative solution that improves the efficiency of foundation installation vessels by replacing lengthy, temporary mooring processes with full DP in combination with an integrated guidance system and hydraulic frame mechanism,” claims Gunnar Thorsen, SVP Business Concepts, Kongsberg Maritime AS.
“MacGregor is delighted to be selected to supply the mission-critical work system for the Alfa Lift vessel,” claims Leif Bystr öm, Head of theOffshore Solutions Division “We have worked intensively over several years to develop a state-of-the-art solution that provides the most precise installation method for all monopile ranges. We appreciate and highly value the hard work and great cooperation between the OHT, Kongsberg Maritime and MacGregor teams that have made this possible.”
