Giant jack-up will certainly have the ability to mount future generation overseas wind generators
Offshore wind generators are obtaining bigger, with devices under advancement with elevations of greater than 270 m as well as blades 120 m long. These raises in dimension as well as installment elevation develop troubles for presently offered installment vessels.
In feedback, Belgium based Jan De Nul Group has actually purchased its 3rd, as well as biggest, offshore jack-up installment vessel, the Voltaire, at the COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry shipyard in China.
Key attributes consist of a major crane of over 3,000 tonnes, an operating deepness of about 80 meters, a haul of concerning 14,000 tonnes as well as holiday accommodations for 100 individuals. The vessel has 4 legs to raise itself over the water level for steady working problems as well as is outfitted with a DP2 system.
The vessel was developed by Jan De Nul while Danish based marine building company Knud E. Hansen given layout testimonial as well as added to the tender layout bundle. Based on experience from making the wind generator installment vessels Pacific Orca as well as Pacific Osprey for Swire Blue Ocean, Knud E. Hansen supplied the midship area as well as layout of the three‐chorded truss job legs, the jacking structures, the leg wells as well as the major crane stand in addition to international as well as neighborhood FEM toughness estimations of the hull, the legs as well as the jacking structures.
