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“Kitchen Lights Unit # 3” is exposed to a tidal range of 25 ft. which provokes currents in excess of ? ve knots. Here is where SAL Heavy Lift faced one of its most challenging missions in its 35 years of history.

nature and start of installation of approximately three months tions, rigging design and lifting procedures. Twenty-? ve SAL was very challenging,” said Holger Krenz, SAL Project Man- colleagues and a team of 58 experts from Crowley and sub- ager. “We managed the work across at least three time zones contractors were reliant on the most accurate preparations for and with a maximum time difference of 17 hours. Fifteen the later installation onboard the vessel.

specialists of SAL planned the construction and installation After mobilization in Singapore MV Svenja set off to of the platform, designed a special mooring arrangement for Alaska. Fourteen days of sea passage later, the ship had to the vessel, drafted the temporary living quarters onboard the get secured on-site by a two and a half days operation. Ten

MV Svenja and accompanied the project steps in detail – from pre-installed anchors on the seabed corresponding with 10 ad- scheduling over cost-controlling to vessel stability calcula- ditional winches onboard were needed to ensure solid posi- www.marinetechnologynews.com

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