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The world’s largest workship transited Great Belt and was checked off Rostock
The ‘Pioneering Spirit’ transited the Great Belt on Sep 29 September 2026, and passed under the Storebælt Bridge shortly before 1 p.m. To pass under the bridge, it took on ballast water, thereby increasing its draught from 11 to 19.9 metres. Whilst the depth directly beneath the bridge is around 60 metres, the ‘Tango’ deep-water channel itself has a minimum depth of only 19 metres. After passing through the channel, the ship pumped out ballast water for around four hours before continuing through the narrows to the south. The vessel’s size meant that passing under the bridge required a carefully planned manoeuvre. On Sep 28, two pilots had boarded the vessel near Skagen to discuss the route and the passage with the ship’s command. Off the coast of Darß, the ‘Pioneering Spirit’ was set to transport and install the two offshore substation platforms, 'OSS Darß' and 'OSS Zingst', together with their substructures. The substations later collect the electricity generated by the wind turbines and transmit it towards the coast via the OST-6-1 grid connection. The construction site was situated around 15 kilometres north of Fischland-Darß-Zings. A Notice from the Baltic Sea Waterways and Shipping Authority announced that safety zones with a radius of 500 metres each would be established around the substation platforms, into which vessels are not permitted to enter. On the morning of Sep 30, the German police conducted a special border check aboard the 'Pioneering Spirit' off Rostock. A total of 348 crew members were controlled. Due to its exceptional dimensions, the ship could not enter regular border checkpoints in the ports of Rostock or Mukran. Therefore, police officer departed from the overseas port in Rostock and subsequently boarded the construction vessel. They checked the entry conditions of all crew members. Among them were 161 individuals from countries outside the European Union. After the border control was completed, the 'Pioneering Spirit' set course for its operational area north of the German peninsula of Darß. Report with photos: https://www.boote-magazin.de/en/travel-and-charter/territories/a-giant-visits-the-baltic-sea-squeezed-in-at-both-ends-of-the-storebaelt/
Pioneering Spirit to remove platforms in Norway
The offshore installation and decommissioning firm Allseas has won a contract to remove three complete offshore platforms and two jackets in Norway for Aker BP. The company said on April 7, 2020, that Aker BP had awarded it a deal to Aker BP for the removal and disposal of multiple topsides and jackets from the Valhall area in the Norwegian North Sea. Allseas will use the ÄPioneering Spirit' for the job. The work comprises removal and disposal of the Drilling Platform (DP) 5,950 t topsides and 4,350 t jacket, and Production and Compression Platform (PCP) 10,900 t topsides and 9,500 t jacket from the Valhall complex, plus the 1,100 t Hod topsides and 3,500 t jacket from the connected Hod field, 13 km to the south. The contract was the latest award triggered by Aker BP under the terms of the frame agreement signed with Allseas in 2017 to provide transport, installation and removal services for the Valhall oil field. The 'Pioneering Spirit' will execute the work between 2021 and 2026. Water depth at the field is approximately 70 meters. Platform preparations were scheduled to begin later in 2020 and continuing into the 2021 lift season. In addition, Aker BP has invoked the option for the removal and disposal of the Valhall Quarters Platform (QP) jacket and the 2/4-G jacket on the Ekofisk field, 24 km north of the Valhall complex. This option was associated with the 2017 award for the removal and disposal of the QP topsides, removed by the 'Pioneering Spirit' in June 2019.
Man injured in work accident
On Jan 27, 2020, a man was injured in a work accident on board the 'Pioneering Spirit' when he fell while the ship was in the Skagerrak. An air ambulance took hm on board and transported him to the University Hospital Ullevål in Oslo.
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