Express Offshore Solutions (EOS), together with its Taiwanese partner Hung Hua Construction Co. (HHC), has completed the transportation of 84 pin piles for the Taiwan Power Company Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 Project.
The work scope included the transportation to the offshore wind farm site in Taiwan of 80 pin piles from the South Korean fabrication yard, and 4 pin piles from steel fabricator Ming Rong Yuan Business Co. in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
The contract scope also included the design and fabrication of grillage, integrated lifting tools, and other barge modifications required for the pin pile transportation. The majority of these works were carried out in Batam, Indonesia, prior to the mobilisation of spreads; and supervised by the project team ensuring compliance with offshore wind standards.
The pin piles were transported on a total of 7 voyages by three tug and barge combinations.