General – Jumbo Offshore
Jumbo Offshore has recently been awarded a contract by Yunneng Wind Power Co. for the removal of monopiles at the Yunlin Offshore Wind Farm.
The contract award represents an expansion of the company’s existing scope, which has involved transport and installation of the project’s transition pieces.
Under the contract, some monopiles, which were installed during an earlier project phase, are to be removed approximately 3m below mean seabed level. To undertake this scope, Jumbo Offshore will mobilise the DP2 Heavy Lift Crane Vessel Fairplayer.
The vessel will be outfitted with an underwater abrasive cutting and lifting tool as well as an ROV. With these, the Fairplayer will remove the monopiles in several sections. These will then be lifted into the vessel’s 1,400m2 cargo hold for transportation to a local Taiwanese port, where the vessel will offload the monopile sections to the quayside.
