The world’s biggest Semi-submersible Crane Vessel (SSCV) Sleipnir has arrived off Gibraltar for refueling of LNG, crew change and stories after delivery voyage from Singapore, where she was built, via Cape of Good Hope:
Impressive specs on this vessel:
https://hmc.heerema.com/fleet/sleipnir/
Sleipnir set new world record for heaviest offshore lift by cranes on her first assignment:
https://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/gallery-heeremas-crane-vessel-sleipnir-in-record-breaking-leviathan-lift/
But it is not likely to stay very long since more and heavier jos are on the cards.
It is not the heaviest lift ever performed offshore though. That record belongs to Pioneering Spirit and was set last year:
https://www.offshoreenergytoday.com/video-pioneering-spirit-performs-heaviest-lift-ever-offshore-on-johan-sverdrup/
SSCV Sleipnir has performed it’s first platform decommissioning job in the North Sea:
Heerema installed the Ekofisk 2/4A platform and topsides in the 1970s.
SSCV Sleipnir is earning it’s keep. It has completed the Brent A jacket removal and delivered it to Vats:
SSCV Sleipnir is regularly in the news for some amazing jobs done:
Here is the latest job she completed (in record time):
She also frequently cross the Atlantic to perform work in USA, Canada, Mexico or Brazil:
But is not always plain sailing, even for this giant:
Her present location is back in Åmøyfjorden, near Stavanger, together with SSCV Balder and Bylgia:
PS: Reason for them being there together is unknown (to me).
