Record Offshore Lift in North Sea

On August 2 Seaway Heavy Lifting claimed a record lift in the offshore monohull crane vessel segment.

The crane vessel Oleg Strashnov successfully installed the process unit topside for operator GDF Suez E&P UK and partners Centrica Energy and Bayerngas at the Cygnus field in the North Sea.

The topside had a hook load of 4,700mt.

The Cygnus field consists of four platforms: Alpha Wellhead platform, Process Unit platform, Quarters Unit platform and the Bravo Wellhead platform. 

Last year the Seaway Heavy Lifting crane vessel Stanislav Yudin installed the Alpha Wellhead platform, Process Unit jacket, Quarters Unit jacket and subsea structures. This year the campaign continues with the installation of the Bravo Wellhead platform, Process Unit topside and compression module, Quarters Unit topside and connecting bridges.

Seaway Heavy Lifting is based in the Netherlands and owns and operates the crane vessels Stanislav Yudin and Oleg Strashnov, which have a revolving lift capacity of 2,500mt and 5,000mt respectively.