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Blue Water Shipping awarded challenging transport of jack-up rig

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:17:19 GMT

Extensive experience and skills are the reasons why Blue Water Shipping has been awarded this complicated rig transport to the Caspian Sea.

Over the years, Blue Water Shipping has become one of the major players within the transport of giant constructions to the Caspian Sea through the Russian river system. Several of the transports handled by Blue Water Shipping have been drilling platforms or Floating-Storage-Offloading (FSO), which are special tank vessels for the storage of oil at sea. Platforms and FSOs are built at ship yards outside of the Caspian Sea, and due to the limited breadth and draught of the river system locks, it is necessary to separate the platforms into smaller sections, and subsequently assemble them upon arrival to the Caspian Sea.

The current transport assignment is a Le Tourneau S116(E) specially designed jack-up rig, which is constructed by Lamprell at the Hamriyah facility in Sharjah (UAE). The rig has been ordered by Eurasia Drilling Company, the largest independent onshore drilling company in Russia. With this new rig, EDC wishes to extend its activities to include offshore drilling in the Caspian Sea.

The transport includes 85,000 m3 of cargo, totaling 8,205 metric ton, of which the heaviest unit weighs in at 1,050 metric ton. The individual units are to be transported on heavy lift vessels from Dubai to the Black Sea for subsequent transfer to river barges and the demanding transport through the river system to the Caspian Sea. Commencing in March 2012, the transport consists of three shipments, and is scheduled to be completed within four months.

"Considerable expertise in the handling of transport and logistics assignments of this type is required. The fact that Blue Water Shipping has been present in the Caspian area since the 90ies and has gained considerable experience and skill with these special transports has no doubt been a decisive factor in us being awarded this contract", says Claus Laursen, Blue Water Shipping Dubai, who is responsible for contract negotiations and transport implementation in close cooperation with Thomas Bek, Global Manager Oil & Gas at Blue Water Shipping.

For the past 15 years, Blue Water Shipping has delivered transport and logistics solutions to the Caspian Sea - primarily to the oil and gas industry. Blue Water Shipping is one of the first western companies to open offices here, and today, the company has two offices in the Caspian region: Aktau in Kazakhstan and Baku in Azerbaijan.

Urgent transport from Australia

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:08:28 GMT

In January 2012, Blue Water Shipping was contacted by one of our good clients in the oil and gas industry with a view to assist with an urgent transport of four tensioners for a drilling rig.

The items are to be reconditioned in Holland, upon which, they will be delivered to the rig.

Due to the urgent nature of the assignment, sea transport all the way from Australia to Holland was not an option, and nor was ordinary air transport, as the units were too large to fit in an ordinary aircraft.

The solution was to ship the units by conventional sea transport from Port Hedland, Australia, to Singapore. In Singapore, the units were loaded onboard three Boing 747 aircrafts with subsequent arrival in Holland on 23 and 24 January.

Blue Water's project departments in Singapore, Denmark and Holland cooperated on this challenging transport.

Journey ends for giant storage tank

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:45:38 GMT

Air Liquide is currently constructing two identical APSA nitrogen plants in Kalundborg, Denmark and Helsingborg, Sweden.

Blue Water Shipping's projects department in Esbjerg handled logistics, which involved securing that components were delivered from mange different suppliers in Europe.

In terms of transports, cargo of all sizes has been shipped by special road transports and by sea.

For the plant in Kalundborg, the final delivery was a storage tank of 75 metric tons. Blue Water Shipping chartered the coaster MV "Amke", which departed Istanbul in Turkey on 30 December 2011 with arrival to Kalundborg on 15 January 2012.

Upon arrival to the port in Denmark, Blue Water Shipping handled the transport to site including the positioning of the tank on its foundation using two mobile cranes.

In the course of February, an identical tank will be shipped to Helsingborg in Sweden.

Air Liquide Denmark is part of the Air Liquide group - a global company in the gas industry with activities in 80 countries.

Large crane transport from the Far East to the Middle East

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:54:29 GMT

In the autumn of 2011, Blue Water Shipping, Dubai was awarded a contract to ship two cranes from the Far East to Jebel Ali for our good customer Lamprell Energy Limited.

The cranes are to be installed on two Wind Carrier vessels currently being built at Lamprell's yard in Jebel Ali for final delivery to Fred Olsen. The Wind Carriers will be deployed in the North Sea for the installation of off-shore wind turbines.

The contract covers the transport of 8 large crane components (maximum length is 92 meters) from the manufacturer's yard in the Far East to Lamprell's yard in Jebel Ali. Due to draught and entry restrictions at the manufacturer's facility, the units were loaded on self propelled barges for transport to the commercial port of Shanghai in China, where they were transhipped onto heavy lift vessels for onward transport to Jebel Ali.

In Jebel Ali, Blue Water Shipping has also been contracted to receive the cargo on SPMT trailers for delivery to a temporary storage facility before the units will be assembled on the wind carrier vessels.

The assignment is being carried out in close corporation between Lamprell, SBM Gusto and Blue Water Shipping's offices in Shanghai, Dubai as well as our engineering department in Esbjerg, Denmark.

The first shipments have been delivered to Lamprell's full satisfaction, and we look forward to completing the contract during the next couple of months.

Wing convoy in Portugal

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:44:34 GMT

18 trucks, each loaded with a single, 45 meter long wind turbine wing - this was the special sight that road users in the area of Aveiro in Portugal were met with.

The 18 trucks were driving in convoy from the manufacturing plant to the port of Aveiro, an assignment handled flawlessly by appointed freight forwarder, Blue Water Shipping.

The wings were shipped to the Port of Antwerp in Belgium for reloading and transport to the final destination in France.

The assignment was a joint operation between Blue Water Shipping's offices in La Coruña, Spain and Esbjerg, Denmark.

Official construction start of Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:16:44 GMT

Blue Water Shipping participated when the first sod was cut for Anholt Offshore Wind Farm in the new warehouse of DONG Energy in Grenaa, Denmark.

The opening address was given by Anders Eldrup, Managing Director of DONG Energy. He emphasized the significance that the largest offshore wind farm will have for Denmark, while stressing that the operators will be facing significant challenges during the future installation phases.

Danish Minister for Climate, Energy and Building, Martin Lidegaard, was prevented from participating due to back pains, but sent a greeting by video:

"The construction of one of the world's giant offshore wind farms is a big step for Denmark, and a big step on the road to realizing the ambitions of a society based 100 percent on sustainable energy", the minister said.

Following the speeches, a monopile was shipped to mark the start of construction. Unofficially, the first monopile was installed on 31 December last year, and a further two piles have been installed since then from the installation vessel "Svanen".

Blue Water Shipping was represented by Business Development Manager Jacob Kjaergaard and Office Manager Frank Larsen, Grenaa.

As a 24/7 one-point-contact for project operators, Blue Water Shipping has many assignments waiting ahead. Blue Water Shipping has been busy with the project for a long time already, having the responsibility to guide vessels which require repair, supply and stevedoring safely into port.

"In addition, we assist onshore staff with accommodation, office facilities and crew change, and among other things, we have procured a minibus to transport the crew to and from the airport", says Frank Larsen.

"This is a large and exciting assignment. We look forward to delivering high quality services and solutions as well as flexibility, so that we create the best possible conditions for our business partners in connection with the erection of the wind farm", Frank Larsen concludes.

Visser & Smit Marine Contractors visiting Grenaa

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:01:59 GMT

In connection with Blue Water Shipping's agency agreement with Visser & Smit Marine Contractors (VSMC), the company's site manager visited Blue Water Shipping in Grenaa.

VSMC will be installing inter-array cables at the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm. The company has extensive experience with this type of assignments from e.g. Horns Rev II wind farm and the London Array Wind farm which is currently being erected by the River Thames.

"It is a great honor, when a company, which is this experienced with offshore wind turbines, selects Blue Water Shipping as its local agent and business partner. It does, of course, place a significant demand on us - operationally as well as in terms of the HSSEQ perspective - but we do look forward to living up to those demands", says Jacob Kjaergaard, Business Development Manager with Blue Water Shipping.

"Blue Water Shipping has a strong set-up within the wind turbine logistics industry in Denmark, the UK and several other locations worldwide. We see a significant demand for the type of complete solutions which we supply in port operations, IT and global activities".

Through the Anholt project, Blue Water Shipping delivers onshore services to the operators which will be working offshore. The installation is scheduled for completion in 2013.

Boiler panel transport to Spain

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:05:26 GMT

Blue Water Shipping's project department recently completed a transport of four, large boiler panels from China to Spain, having the overall responsibility for the transport from manufacturer to the solar energy facility in Seville, Spain.

The assignment included a combined road and barge transport from the Chinese factory to the port of Shanghai. At Shengdong terminal in Shanghai, the cargo was loaded on an A P Moeller Maersk ship as break bulk cargo.

Upon arrival to the port in Valencia, two mobile cranes transferred the cargo directly to a heavy load trailer, which was used for the subsequent transport to the solar energy facility.

Logistics were coordinated by Blue Water Shipping's departments in Shanghai, Esbjerg and La Coruna.

Project transport for CHP plant

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:18:26 GMT

Blue Water Shipping has recently completed a project transport of oversized cargo for a combined heat and power plant in Sweden.

The transport included a so-called "DynaGrate B3600" measuring 10x5 meters and weighing 48 tons. The oversized cargo was loaded on six trailers at Babcock Vilcox Volund in Esbjerg, Denmark, in connection with the company's project for expansion of the incineration plant at Lidköping Värmeverk AB in Sweden.

The assignment was handled using open and low loader trailers and executed according to plan with delivery deadlines being observed to everyone's satisfaction.

MPI Discovery in Esbjerg

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:03:21 GMT

On 25 December MPI Discovery arrived at the Port of Esbjerg, where it will load wind turbines for the World's largest offshore wind farm - London Array.

Blue Water Shipping is agent on behalf of MPI Offshore, and Blue Water Shipping is responsible for the loading of the wind turbines for London Array - all together 175 turbines over the next years.

"This is the vessels first assignment, and Esbjerg is the first port call related to operation. We are proud to be part of this project, and the arrival of MPI Discovery marks a new era for the next generation of wind turbine installation vessels," says Jacob Kjærgaard, business development manager at Blue Water Shipping.