Feature 3 | CRANES AND CARGO HANDLING Aker bags offshore loading systems
Aker Solutions has secured contracts to supply offshore loading systems and deck machinery for two shuttle tankers and a floating production and storage offloading unit (FPSO), worth NOK70 million (US$10.1million).
Heavy Industries Co. Ltd, are for offshore loading systems and deck machinery. Te Cosco Nantong contract is for the supply of bow loading systems and deck machinery
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he contracts, awarded by Teekay Corporation, Cosco Nantong Shipyards Co. Ltd and Hyundai
for two shuttle tankers that are being built for Knutsen OAS Shipping. Another offloading system is to be supplied to HHI for the Usan FPSO, which will be located offshore Nigeria and operated by Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. The offloading systems will consist of
mooring and offloading equipment at the stern/bow of the FPSO that will allow for the offshore transfer of crude oil from the FPSO to shuttle tankers. Te system will operate at rate of up to 10,000m3
/hr. “Te three shuttle tankers will be fitted
with Aker Solutions bow loading systems, which enable a safe and secure connection for the hose to the shuttle tanker, said Leif Haukom, president of Aker Pusnes AS. “Tis connection can be quickly and safely disconnected in the event of an emergency without creating surge loads in the hose. Two of the shuttle tankers will operate in Brazil.” Delivery of the offshore loading equipment
will be within the third quarter of 2009, with the second bow loading system for Cosco Nantong to be delivered in the second quarter of 2010. NA
Aker Solutions bow loading systems onboard KnutsenOAS shuttle tankers, operating outside Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Langh Ships cradle thrown into the deep First deepsea outing for new cradle designed to handle steel coils.
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angh Ships Cargo Solutions, says its innovative tweendeck cradle has broken out of the shortsea
market, with a first order covering deepsea operations. Te system has been specified by Finnish company Raahe for transporting coils across the North Atlantic. The solution - currently used for
shortsea shipping between Northern Finland to Central Europe - is to be used onboard Marjatta, chartered by metals company Ruukki, to transport large steel coils between Finland and New Orleans. Cradle cassettes will be fitted on the ship’s tank top and also in the tweendeck,
Cradle cassettes will be fitted on Marjatta’s tank top and also in the tweendeck, situated in the upper part of the cargo hold, to hold the steel coils.
“It’s absolutely much more pleasant to
situated in the upper part of the cargo hold, to hold the steel coils. As the vessel’s centre of gravity rises, the ‘over stability’ of the steel load decreases.
depart for transporting steel coils across big seas, when one knows that they remain securely on their places in the cradles,” said master mariner Harri Viljaharju. “In addition, due to the cradle tweendecks, it is also possible to optimise the stability of the vessel to a much higher degree compared with loads that are loaded conventionally, when it is necessary to stow all the steel coils on the tank top.” NA
The Naval Architect February 2009
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