Wind Energy – Taiwan
Boskalis’s new crane vessel Bokalift 2 has set sail from Singapore to its first assignment on the Changfang and Xidao offshore wind farm project in Taiwan.
Here it will transport and install jacket foundations and the accompanying pin piles.
The vessel was converted from a drillship into a DP2 crane vessel at the Dubai-based Drydocks World, where work on this project started in May 2020.
In Singapore, the vessel underwent a range of crane load tests, before leaving for Taiwan. According to the available AIS data, Bokalift 2 sailed out of Singapore on 13 June.
The conversion scope for the vessel included the fabrication and installation of 9,000 tonnes of steel blocks on both sides of the vessel to increase its stability, as well as the installation of a new work deck.