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- World-leader status for sea transportation of heavy
lift cargoes
- Innovative approach to solving complex challenges
- Commitment to safety, cost efficiency and
environment protection.
World First - Loadout
The unique engineering system devised by SAL
provided a swivel action and outward rotation of
the lifting yoke and tailing crane that turned the
56 metre long steel jacket during the lifting process.
This also kept the structure one metre off the
ground at all times.This enabled SAL to achieve a
world- first in loading the complex cargo from a
horizontal position into a ver tical position,
42 metres out of the hatch.
Safe Efficient Transportation
Transpor tation fromWestern Australia to Por t Taranaki, New Plymouth New Zealand took 7 days,
trave
l
ling at a ‘reduced’ service speed of 18 knots. SAL’s MV Annegret averaged a speed 3 times that
of a barge, resulting in less fatigue on the structure and increasing its lifespan by around 10 years.
There was continuous monitoring for changes in weather conditions via satellite, by the Houston
Weather Bureau in the United States.
Jacket turned from horizontal
to vertical and placed into
SAL
’
s MV Annegret.
SAL engineered a method to rotate a 56 metre long steel
jacket during the lifting process, keeping the structure
1 metre off the ground at all times.