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Swan Hunter loads-in cable

By: Matthew White 12/06/2018 Swan Hunter

General Windfarms

Swan Hunter has completed the export cable load-in operations as part of an unnamed Belgian offshore wind project. The load-in operations involved spooling of approximately 28km of 261mm export cable, weighing around 3,300 metric tonnes.

The export cable was brought to DOC-Swan Hunter’s Storage & Cable Spooling Yard in Vlissingen via cable transportation vessel. The cable will be stored in DOC-Swan Hunter’s newly build 23m basket carousel. The cable load-out is scheduled for Q3 2018.

Swan Hunter’s Director Gerard Kroese stated: “We are delighted to see the successful completion of these cable spooling operations at our DOC-Swan Hunter’s Storage & Cable Spooling Yard.

"These operations did see the first use of our newly build carousel in combination with our new loading tower. We are very proud of reaching the tremendous milestone in building this new equipment in time and soon afterwards finalising the spooling operations.

"We did achieve this as a result of a tremendous effort by our personnel in combination with designers, engineers, subcontractors and suppliers over recent months. The support from the local supply chain has been immense. The cable is now covered with UV cable protection materials until load-out operations.”

Swan Hunter last month completed the transportation of array cables from Norway to The Netherlands.

The companies scope of work included project management & engineering, barge mobilisation, spooling operations at Norwegian cable factory, tow of barge from Norway, cable transpooling operations to installation vessel and onshore storage reels in port of Eemshaven, and barge demobilisation for an unnamed German offshore wind farm.

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