General – Electricity
Two weeks after its successful load-out, the topside for the Hollandse Kust (west Beta) offshore platform will depart the port of Hoboken near Antwerp on Saturday afternoon, 17 May.
Transported on a floating pontoon, the structure will travel via the Scheldt and Western Scheldt estuaries toward the North Sea. Around midnight, the distinctive transport will pass Vlissingen on its way to the final installation site off the coast of North Holland.
Once the heavy-lift vessel Sleipnir, operated by Heerema Marine Contractors, completes its current assignment in British waters, it will sail to the installation site off the Dutch coast.
On Monday, the 3,500-ton topside will be lifted from the pontoon and installed 50 kilometers offshore from Egmond aan Zee. The jacket has been securely anchored to the seabed since May last year.
On site, Sleipnir’s massive crane will hoist the 45-meter-long, 20-meter-wide, and 25-meter-high topside onto the jacket. The two structures will then be welded together and connected to the electricity grid over the coming months.
