South Korean shipyard Samsung Heavy Industries received the order to build the world’s largest and most advanced offshore wind farm installation vessel for Seajacks, and awarded Huisman the contract for the cranes. As well as the 1,500m main crane, Huisman will supply two 50m auxiliary cranes. These units will be built at the Huisman’s production facility in Xiamen, China.
Huisman said that the main crane can lift 1,500m at 32m radius and will be installed on top of the starboard-aft jack house which holds one of the 105m long legs of the jack-up vessel. The 110m long parallel crane boom can be stored on top the starboard-forward jack house. The firm added that this created a useable deck space in excess of 5000 sq m. The crane will also be equipped with an anti-collision system and parking assistance to avoid damage to the crane boom.
The Scylla, based on the Gusto MSC NG14000X design, has been specifically designed to meet the demands associated with working UK Round 3, Scottish territorial waters and the other North West European markets. The vessel will be the fifth new self-propelled jack-up to join the Seajacks fleet since 2009.
