Converted semi-submersible will have lifting capacity aplenty

摘要

As highlighted previously in OSJ and in our sister journal OWJ, a number of companies have ordered vessels targeting the growing market for ships capable of decommissioning offshore oil and gas platforms and installing extra-large monopiles and jacket foundations for offshore wind turbines. Self-propelled jack-ups have tended to undertake a lot of foundation and turbine installation work to date, but for the installation of foundations for new-generation, larger turbines, large monohulls rather than jack-ups seem to be becoming more popular, if recent orders are anything to go by.