Jumbo Shipping has successfully transported 51 monopiles from EEW's manufacturing plant in Rostock, Germany, to Barrow-in-Furness in the UK. The monopiles' final destination was DONG Energy's Walney Offshore Windfarm 2.
When the contract was awarded, the first shipment was only seven weeks away, during which time Jumbo engineered all shipments and designed and manufactured saddles for the monopiles. By transporting as much as eight monopiles per voyage, Jumbo was able to complete the project in a minimum number of voyages.
Jumbo's heavy lift vessel 'Fairpartner' made six consecutive voyages carrying eight monopiles at a time: two in the hold and six on deck. The largest monopile weighed 806 tonnes and measured 68 metres in length and 6.5 metres in diameter. The heavy lift vessel 'Jumbo Vision' transported the last three monopiles.
The transport engineering plus design and fabrication of the stoppers for the sea fasting of the monopiles was done within only two weeks' time. At Barrow-in-Furness, the discharging of the monopiles was done round the clock in order to make the port stay as short as possible. Each discharge operation of eight monopiles was completed within 36 hours.
