Sea Installer meets the future sailing
SHIPPING: Sea Installer is, as the first of A2SEA’s heavy lift vessels, from the beginning built to install and service off shore wind turbines. With its heavy crane and a 3,200 square metres big loading area it is able to bring along and install up to 10 large off shore wind turbines at the time.
“Sea Installer means that we can meet the demand – that we can still be a factor in the market”, says CEO in A2SEA, Jens F. Hansen.
The vessel’s large loading area means that Sea Installer has to sail fewer times to and from the supply base to get new wind turbines. It reduces the time it takes to mount wind farms and thus reduces the large capital expenditures.
Sea Installer is at the same time equipped with four gigantic legs, which make it possible for the vessel to operate at water depths of up to 45 metres – a clear competitive advantage in a market, where the largest off shore wind turbines move still further away from the coast.
In beginning of 2014, Sea Installer will be accompanied by a sister vessel, which is being built following the same drawings as Sea Installer, apart from the big mounting crane, which will have a capacity of 900 tonnes – 100 tonnes more than the crane onboard Sea Installer.
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Source: Danish Maritime Magazine
