Heavy lift transport

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My last loadout before retiring, March 2016:

Floating-on of jackups Cantarell I & Cantarell II

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As seen here; not much clearance between the flat spudcans and the ice flows:

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The KANG SHENG KOU navigating the Westerschelde Photo : Mateo Witte (c)

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It would be interesting to see the GZ curves during the ballasting and deballasting sequence.

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This would most likely have been a lift-on/lift-off, or possibly skid-on/lift-off operation.
Ballasting sequence are in any case calculated by the Project Engineering office and approved by Warranty Surveyor’s Engineers well in advance of actual operation.

Still it sometimes become necessary to do some changes on the spot some times.
Not very popular and you better know what you are doing when making changes.

I have been both Warranty Surveyor and Superintendent/Loadmaster during loading and discharging operations on Tai An Kou, (some of them tricky) so I know this vessel fairly well. (No, not at the same time)

PS> I still have copies of ballast sequence calculations from a number of loadouts, both flo/flo, lifting and skidding operations, but I’m still bound by non-disclosure agreement so I can’t post any here.

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The only time naval officers venture into the weeds of stability apart from a once over lightly is as a submariner. In the surface navy the engineer officer is responsible for stability.
It was a long time ago but my vague recollection is that the centre of buoyancy moved from below the CG to above it and it was vital to keep the CG low while dived.

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Guangzhou Salvage is delighted to inform you that their HUA RUI LONG has been safely launched on the 4th October, her significant deadweight of 82,000T associated with a DP-2 will soon be ready to enter the market of high-end ultra-heavy transport.

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That looks very familiar…

Somehow I would have expected that Dockwise would have patented the Vanguard design, but apparently that is not the case.

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Asian Hercules III loading a module on HLV Mighty Servant 3:

The MIGHTY SERVANT 3 loaded in Singapore a topside module with a weight of 3700 ton
Photo: Andre Korver ©

The BOLD TERN “drydocked” on deck of the FELS CAN DO in Singapore Photo : Andre Korver ©

“FELS CAN DO” was built for this purpose when Keppel FELS were busy and the drydock filled up with rig hulls under construction.
http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2972489

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The ZHI YUAN KOU outbound from the Everingen (Westerschelde) passing Wandelaar Pilot station heading for Port Said (Egypt)
Photo: Ronald Ribbe – http://www.rorifocus.nl ©
PS> Looks like she will be able to reuse the cribbing. More Wind turbine foundations??

Zhi Yuan Kou Semi-Sumbersible

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Combi Lift completed the transportation in September of 34,550 metric tonnes of equipment for phase four of the Gazprom Amur gas processing plant in Russia’s Far East using eight barges.
Photo credit: Combi Lift.

Combi Lift, the project cargo and heavy transport affiliate of German shipping group Harren & Partner, is targeting construction and industrial equipment suppliers with the launch of its new forwarding division, company executives said. The forwarding solutions division will work in association with Combi Lift’s existing projects department on heavy lift shipments. Harren & Partner spokesperson Malte Steinhoff told JOC.com the forwarding operation will organize the shipment of equipment components or individual pieces of equipment that would normally be too small to interest the projects division. That includes milling machines, construction bulldozers, or excavators, he said. “Our logistics business is primarily targeting German and international customers in the machine building industry and plant construction sector,” Steinhoff said. He indicated that most of the cargo shipments organized by the logistics division are likely to be shipped as breakbulk consignments rather than by the Jumbo-SAL Alliance (JSA) fleet of heavy lift ships. “The forwarding solutions division is unlikely to book with JSA because the volumes are too small,” Steinhoff said. “The project department of Combi Lift, on the other hand, books with JSA.” He added that the forwarding operation, which started on Oct. 1, “fits very well” with Combi Lift’s existing project and salvage divisions. The logistics operation is headed by general manager Matthias Gross and managers Florian Koppelmann and Mike Schmidt who are all experienced in handling non-containerized cargo. “We basically transport everything that fits or does not fit into a standard container — by ship, road or rail,” Gross added in a statement from the company. That includes door-to-door and multimodal services — from the factory to the industrial site, the statement added. The launch of the forwarding division coincided with the completion in September of one of Combi Lift’s major assignments, the fourth phase of the Gazprom Amur gas processing plant at Svobodny, about 800 miles north of Vladivostok in the Russian Far East. Combi Lift used a fleet of tugs, barges, and two deepwater ships to transport about 34,550 metric tonnes of equipment from loading ports in Europe and South Korea to the site. Chemical giant Linde hired Combi Lift as the exclusive logistics partner for oversized and heavy lift cargo for the Gazprom gas project, Combi Lift said.

Source: Journal of Commerce

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Boskalis TRANSSHELF loaded a substation for LNG-Canada at Singapore Loyang Supply base. After loading the second unit the TRANSSHELF will depart for Kittimat.
Photo top: Andre Korver – Boskalis (c) – Photo below: Capt Jelle de Vries – Aqualis Breamar(c)

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I always use post-conversion Transshelf as an example of how you can, in fact, route exhaust pipes horizontally.

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LENGTHENED AMT COMMANDER LAUNCHED AT HAT SAN SHIPYARD IN YALOVA:

Hat San shipyard in Yalova (Turkey) launched the AMT COMMANDER (TBN CD01)
the transport barge is undergoing a major conversion: 15 m lengthening for a total length of 137m; hull strengthening increase of submerging depth in free floating mode up to 12 m above deck. The barge will be owned by Malin Augustea UK Ltd, a JV formed by Augustea and Malin Goup, and will be based in Glasgow. Her first project is the launching of three type 26 Destroyers for BAE systems.

AMT Commander has launched successfully

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Wallenius Wilhelmsen:

On Monday, we celebrated our first shipment of Airbus aircraft components from the port of Dalian in China.

We are deeply grateful to the Liaoning Port Co’ and our partners, Louis Dreyfus Freight Solutions, for making this possible.

This is the first liner service that connects Dalian and North America, which will be used to deliver high-value aircraft components, as well as other products in this trade lane.

Our solution will provide our customer with a full end-to-end logistics offering, including full visibility of their products as they move through the supply chain, allowing them to optimise their operations at every point.

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I’ve always wondered how some of these lifts hold up when the weather gets hairy

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All calculations and seafastenings are done for the worst case scenario, but weather routing is used to avoid heavy weather, if possible.
Calculations and preparations for every transport is checked and approved by Marine Warranty Surveyors, incl. attendance during loading and seafastening operation.
A Certificate of Approval from MWS, signed by attending Surveyor just prior to departure from loading port, is required by Underwriters.
Sometimes weather restrictions are given in Recommendations attached to the CofA.

PS> Octopus is widely used on HLV:

ABB Ability™ Marine Advisory System - OCTOPUS

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Heavy Lift Vessel Fan Zhou 10 in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria today.

Photo: Peter Devenish

BalticShipping.com

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HLV HUA YANG LONG inbound at the Westerschelde heading for the Everingen Anchorage.
Photo: Wim Kosten ©

OHT’s HLV EAGLE loaded with Jack up AXIOMA
Photo: Ivica Lazaric

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Boskalis – MIGHTY SERVANT 3 transporting 2 offshore modules, with the FRANKLIN OFFSHORE cable laid Slings installed. Heerema will install these offshore modules in the coming weeks