Archive ( 06.06.05 )
QUAYSIDE ASSEMBLY AND LOADOUT FOR ABERDEEN FIRM'S FIRST OILFIELD SHIPMENT TO CASPIAN
A new generation of shallow draft vessel will leave Aberdeen Harbour this week on a voyage to deliver oilfield equipment to the Caspian Sea.
The m.v. Ulus Prime will transport two carousels around 3,000 miles via Norway and the Volga/Don river and canal system to Baku.
The carousels, weighing 130 tonnes and 87 tonnes, will be used in the installation of power cables, flexible pipe and umbilicals for A.I.O.C.'s ACG Full Field Development Project, in Azerbaijan.
They have been designed and supplied by Aberdeen cable and pipe handling engineers, Baricon Systems, who have also provided controls and hydraulic equipment for its first export order to the Caspian. Matrix International, Brechin, carried out the fabrication.
The carousels have been assembled on Duthies Quay, at the port's Telford Dock, across the road from Baricon's York Street facility.
Rod Palmer, Operations Director of Searoute Port Services, Aberdeen, local agents for the shipment, said: "This is an excellent example of the dock's extensive quayside area being used for the cost-effective assembly of oilfield equipment and ease of heavy-lift load-outs. Shipment by sea on the seasonal route being followed provides a number of advantages over delivering by road and rail."
The transport operation is being co-ordinated by F.H. Bertling, London and Baku, with naval architects, Malin Marine, Glasgow, advising on stowage and sea fastenings.
It is the first visit to Aberdeen Harbour by the new generation of "river boat". She will load the Transport Carousel first and proceed to Halden, in Norway, where cable will be spooled onto the carousel before returning to Aberdeen to load the Installation Carousel and associated equipment and then head for Baku.
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