Sleipnir installs second HKZ jacket offshore the Netherlands
June 29, 2021
Heerema’s semisub crane vessel Sleipnir has installed the 2,852-metric ton jacket for the Hollandse Kust Zuid transformer platform in the Dutch North Sea.
(Courtesy Heerema Marine Contractors)
Offshore staff
LEIDEN, the Netherlands – Heerema’s semisubmersible crane vessel Sleipnir has transported and installed the 2,852-metric ton (3,144-ton) jacket for the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) transformer platform in the Dutch North Sea.
The six-legged jacket was transported to the HKZ location on the Sleipnir’s deck after being picked up in Amoy Fjord, Stavanger, Norway on June 22. Then the vessel and 50-m (164-ft) long jacket sailed to the HKZ location about 22 km (14 mi) offshore Scheveningen, the Netherlands.
This is the Sleipnir’s second on the HKZ project. The vessel installed the HKZ alpha jacket in 2020.
The Sleipnir performed the full installation operations while running on emission-reducing LNG fuel. By using LNG, the Sleipnir reduces CO2 emissions by 25%, NOx emissions by 92%, SOx emissions by 99%, and Particulate Matters by around 99% compared to traditional Marine Gas Oil crane vessels, according to Heerema.
(Courtesy Heerema Marine Contractors)
Petrofac, the project’s jacket and topsides main contractor, contracted Heerema. Vattenfall is developing the HKZ offshore wind farm. TenneT owns the transformer station.
The HKZ offshore wind farm is due to become fully operational in 2023.
