The 450t offshore loading buoy, will be undergoing minor modifications at the port, before being towed out to UK sector of the North Sea later in the year.
The buoy arrived on the MV Paula, and was offloaded using the vessel’s paired 320t onboard cranes. It was lifted onto a self propelled modular tranporter, provided by Abnormal Load Engineering.
The special projects division of Port Services (Invergordon) Limited handled the logistics of the manoeuvre. Operations director Steve Clark said: “This marks the start of an extremely exciting time for Port Services Limited in Invergordon and Aberdeen, where we have been successful in securing several major logistics contracts.”
The MV Paula’s paired 320t cranes lift the buoy ashore Big buoy 1 The 450t buoy, being lifted off of the MV Paula Big buoy 2 The buoy is transported on an SPMT provided by ALE Heavy Lift. Big buoy 3
