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Offline Timsen

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Heavy Lift ship lost rig in Atlantic
« on: October 29, 2008, 11:51:12 AM »
a jack-up lift boat used to install wind turbines has been lost at sea in the Atlantic.

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Re: Heavy Lift ship lost rig in Atlantic
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2008, 11:59:56 AM »
Hi Timsen

This is a an interesting quote shown on the Offshore Shipping Online site @ http://www.oilpubs.com/oso/article.asp?v1=7929

"The company and its commercial manager, Offshore Heavy Transport AS, have a constructive dialogue with the cargo owners," said the company in a statement.

I'll bet the dialogue was more than 'constructive'  :-o

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Re: Heavy Lift ship lost rig in Atlantic
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2008, 04:41:00 PM »
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Re: Heavy Lift ship lost rig in Atlantic
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2008, 08:22:48 AM »
Hi All

Further information courtesy of New Energy Focus @ http://newenergyfocus.com/do/ecco.py/view_item?listid=1&listcatid=32&listitemid=1872§ion=Wind#

"Rhyl Flats offshore wind project hit by loss of installation vessel

30-10-08

Rhyl Flats offshore wind project hit by loss of installation vessel
The Titan-1 was going to be used to help install wind turbines at the Rhyl Flats site, where foundations are already in place - photo: Offshore Wind Marine Power Services

A jack-up vessel that was expected to continue work on the Rhyl Flats offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea has been reported lost at sea, writes Rachel Johnson.

Titan 1 was en route to Liverpool Bay from the Gulf of Mexico when the incident happened, and was scheduled to arrive at the Rhyl Flats site five miles off the north Wales coast at the end of this month.

It was being transported on board the semi-submersible heavy lift vessel MV Ancora when it was lost.

According to the ship's owners, Singapore-based KS Energy Services, the Ancora experienced engine problems in the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday night, and as a consequence of the vessel's rolling and tilting motion, the Titan 1 shifted to portside, capsized and sank.

There was reported to be no loss of life or injury to the crew during the incident.

A spokesman for Rhyl Flats developer npower Renewables told New Energy Focus today that the firm was "aware" that the KS Titan 1 vessel had been lost at sea.

However, the company's spokesman added: "It is too early to predict what impact the vessel loss will have on the Rhyl Flats Offshore Wind Farm construction at this time."
Substitute

KS Energy Services said yesterday that it is in discussions with its contractor to substitute the Titan 1 with another identical ship to carry out the contracted work.

The barge, which was also lined up to work on offshore wind projects in Denmark, was under a long-term chartered contracted to Siemens, which is supplying the wind turbines for the Rhyl Flats offshore wind farm. The contract had been due to run out in 2022.

Earlier this month npower renewables announced the impending arrival of Titan 1, as it reported the arrival in Mostyn Deep of The Lisa, another jack up barge being used at the Rhyl Flats site to erect the 25 wind turbines on top of foundations already installed at the site (see this New Energy Focus story).

In statement on 6 October, npower had confirmed: "Lisa will be joined by KS Titan 1 which will arrive off the north Wales coast from the United States on board Heavylift Ancora. On arrival at Mostyn Deep, around the end of October, Heavylift Ancora will flood itself so allowing Titan to manoeuvre off into Liverpool Bay."

The firm continued: "Titan is a new, three-legged and self-propelled vessel. It has two onboard cranes with a total lifting capacity of 180 tonnes."

KS Energy Services said Titan 1 was fully insured, and that the loss of the barge was not expected to have any material impact on its performance this financial year. The vessel had previously been working in the Gulf of Mexico since 2006, working on offshore oil projects."

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Re: Heavy Lift ship lost rig in Atlantic
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2008, 02:44:55 PM »
Hi All

As a follow up to this thread:

Courtesy of Lloyds List @ http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/news/viewArticle.htm?articleId=20017592403


Ocean HeavyLift in battle to free detained vessel

Martyn Wingrove - Thursday 20 November 2008
OCEAN Heavylift is fighting to release one of its four heavylift transport ships from US authorities, after being sued for $60m for costs and losses.

The HeavyLift Ancora has been arrested in the US for its failure to transport an offshore construction vessel across the Atlantic to the UK after it returned for repairs.
 
In late October the HeavyLift Ancora lost its cargo, the KS Titan 1 liftboat, on its way to the UK when it had engine problems in heavy weather.

The KS Titan 1

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Re: Heavy Lift ship lost rig in Atlantic
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2008, 08:39:03 PM »
Hi All
Follow the link below to get a view of the Titan 1

www.ksenergy.com.sg/misc/Titan%201.pdf

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Re: Heavy Lift ship lost rig in Atlantic
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2014, 10:42:22 AM »
a jack-up lift boat used to install wind turbines has been lost at sea in the Atlantic.
« Last Edit: February 26, 2014, 03:24:16 PM by RossShedd »

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Re: Heavy Lift ship lost rig in Atlantic
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2014, 11:00:33 AM »
Plenty of ships and boats are lost in that region..I am not sure but there are plenty of stories behind this.

....Involving nothing more sinister than heavy weather, storms and machinery failures.

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Re: Heavy Lift ship lost rig in Atlantic
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2014, 01:45:07 AM »
anyone got pics of the "ks titan1"  ??
:lol:  :-D  :-D

 

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