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Boskalis Awarded Two Exceptional Projects

September 2, 2020 by NA Windpower

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., a Dutch dredging and heavylift company, has been awarded two exceptional projects. 

The first project involves the transport and installation of five floating wind turbines for the Kincardine floating wind farm off the coast of Aberdeen in Scotland. The second project involves the installation of bridge sections of the world’s longest suspension bridge, the Çanakkale 1915 Bridge in Turkey. 

Decisive factors for the award of both contracts are Boskalis’ versatility in the field of offshore transport and installation work and the wide variety of specialized Boskalis equipment with which it is able to fully execute the projects, notes the company.

For Cobra Wind International Ltd., Boskalis will transport and install five floating wind turbines for the Kincardine offshore wind farm 15 kilometers off the coast of Aberdeen. This will be Boskalis’ first floating wind farm project. The turbines – with a capacity of 9.525 MW – each will be anchored at a depth of 60 to 80 meters.

In September, the heavy anchor handling tug (AHT) BOKA Falcon will start installing the anchors and chains on the seabed. In the meantime, the floating foundations will be transported from Ferrol in Spain to Rotterdam, for which Boskalis will deploy the Fjord as a semi-submersible barge. In Rotterdam, the wind turbines will be mounted on the foundations, after which the floating wind turbines are towed to the wind farm. In addition to the BOKA Falcon and Fjord, three Boskalis AHTs will be deployed on this project.

For the Çanakkale 1915 Bridge project, Boskalis will install 20 bridge sections for the 4,600-meter-long Çanakkale 1915 bridge in Turkey. The floating sheerleg crane Asian Hercules III, one of the few sheerlegs in the world with sufficient outreach, will be deployed for lifting and installing the sections. A Boskalis AHT will provide assistance during the execution of these activities, which will take place in 2021.

Photo: A Boskalis AHT

Original source: North American Wind Power

Filed Under: Renewable, Wind

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