ALE beat stiff competition to win the contract for the shift and load-out of five, 1,400te topsides and one 1,250te jacket.
All of the modules are designed with an odd centre of gravity located less than a meter from one of the two supports.
During the bid stage, ALE’s engineering team studied how to execute the whole operation safely by proposing counter weights on top of the modules to shift the COG and attain the required stability.
ALE then use 12 meters spreaders on the heavy side of the modules to avoid over stressing of SPMT – this solution contributed to winning the contract.
Using 96 axle-lines of SPMT, ALE completed the load-outs with two modules on one barge, in just two days of each load-out operation, backed up with full engineering on transport, barge ballasting, strength and stability.
