Transportation and Installation of Offshore Rig Legs
The successful transportation and installation of the offshore rig legs were achieved with careful planning and the use of appropriate equipment. The combination of specialized multi-axle trailers and cranes ensured the operation was completed efficiently within the tight timeframe.
Employees: 20
Progress: 100%
PROJECT SCOPE
Four offshore leg structures had to be transported from their fabrication yard within a short time period to the port where they had to be installed on the rig. The main challenge here was to transport the abnormally long rig legs through narrow, bending roads full of unavoidable obstacles.
CHALLENGES FACED
• Transporting the unusually long rig legs through narrow, winding roads. • Maneuvering around unavoidable obstacles.
SOLUTION PROVIDED
We used 2 files wide, 18-axle Goldhofer conventional multi-axle trailers, configured with turntable bolster attachments for the transportation. Upon reaching the destination, the legs were top and tailed upright using our Liebherr 600T crawler crane as the main crane and our 250T Kobelco crawler crane as a tailing crane, completing a successful transport and installation within record time.