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ABLE SEATON PORT Ready for offshore wind – with
planning and quays in place.
In the last issue, we covered the exciting Able Humber Port – here we take a look at one of the Able Group’s more established sites that boast’s a wealth of heritage and an exciting offer to a variety of players in the modern offshore wind industry.
Able Seaton Port (ASP) is a 51-hectare (126 acres) facility situated on the North
Bank of the River Tees and has planning consents in place for turbine manufacture, assembly, commissioning and use as an installation base for the offshore wind industry.
HISTORY
The prestigious facility is the former Laings Offshore Fabrication Yard where large steel jackets (24,000 tonnes) and gravity- based structures (BP Ravenspurn) were constructed during the 1970/80’s. More recently it has been used by Able UK for ship recycling (Le Clemenceau) and the decommissioning and maintenance of oil rigs (North West Hutton) and jack up rigs.
UNIQUE
It is a unique facility that boasts one of the largest dry docks in the world measuring 355m by 260m – a precious
A&P ENGINEERING SERVICES
A&P is a leading Engineering Services and Fabrication group working with customers to provide solutions the global marine and energy sectors.
STRATEGIC LOCATIONS
Located across three strategic locations in the UK, Tyne, Tees and Falmouth, they are ideally placed to service the burgeoning offshore wind industry.
FACILITIES AND CAPABILITY A&P has capability and facilities second to none enabling the delivery of marine and fabrication services to the renewable energy sector, particularly offshore wind, with yards in close proximity to the development sites and easy access to the sea.
As a key solution provider they are able to offer integrated services across the offshore wind sector and include:
• vessel development, conversion and construction
• vessel mobilisation and demobilisation works
• vessel repairs and refits • fabrication of major balance of plant items e.g. substation platform topsides and jackets
• mass production of multiple foundation structure builds for Round 3
• concrete pontoon systems for offshore wind support vessels
EXPERIENCE
Their track record within offshore wind has been growing rapidly in recent years with major conversion work completed on the Ocean Discovery and European Supporter, two vessels specifically configured for seabed survey and cable laying respectively, through to significant mobilisation works on the Seajacks
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asset that was recently acknowledged by UK Government in the previous round of successful RGF bids - and could be useful for future operations such as the manufacture and deployment of GBS foundations.
IN READINESS FOR OFFSHORE WIND For the offshore wind sector this site is one of the most ‘planning and operationally ready’ locations on the East Coast of the UK. Heavy duty quays 306m long designed to provide depths up to -15m CD are in place. Furthermore, quays surrounding the dry dock (depth of -12m) can provide circa 791m quay length if required.
A ‘RARE GEM’ This facility is indeed a ‘rare gem’ that has exciting times ahead of it. The blend of characteristics at Seaton Port along with the unique approach to the offshore wind sector displayed by Able UK Ltd offers future investors a very strong proposition.
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Leviathan and Kraken, including the fabrication and installation of two 100T blade racks.
ENERGI COAST INVOLVEMENT As recognition of the huge potential that offshore wind offers industry A&P have been instrumental in bringing together 20 leading companies in the North East of England to actively promote the North East as a single integrated supply chain for offshore wind. With the recent launch of Energi Coast this integrated supply chain can therefore support the full range of offshore wind construction, installation, operations and maintenance solutions required in this complex and challenging sector.
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