Topic: Allseas

Pioneering Spirit tests new 5,000-tonne crane

OffshorePRESS RELEASE – Allseas is ramping up the final performance tests of Pioneering Spirit’s new 5000-tonne crane as the final phase of commissioning nears conclusion in Rotterdam’s Alexiahaven. This week, the main hoist overload test...Read more
|Comment|author: Adnan Bajic

Allseas ventures into deepsea mining

Deepsea MiningPRESS RELEASE – Allseas has acquired the former ultra-deepwater drillship Vitoria 10000 for conversion into a polymetallic nodule collection vessel. The vessel will be used to collect nodules that contain nickel, manganese, copper and cobalt...Read more
|Comment|author: Adnan Bajic

Allseas bags another decommissioning contract

DecommissioningAllseas has bagged another platform decommissioning contract. The company will remove Repsol Norge’s Gyda Platform, which is located in the Norwegian North Sea. The platform will possibly be reused.  The contract covers both the 18,000 tons...Read more
|Comment|author: Adnan Bajic

Allseas enters renewables market with takeover of Bluerise

RenewablesDutch offshore contractor Allseas has entered the renewables market. It is not the offshore wind industry the company is targeting. Instead, Allseas has acquired Bluerise, a specialist developer of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) technology. Bluerise...Read more
|Comment|author: Adnan Bajic

Lift capacity Pioneering Spirit to be increased

Pioneering SpiritAllseas is planning to increase the lift capacity of its flagship Pioneering Spirit. The current maximum lift capacity is to be increased from 48,000 to 60,000 tonnes, reports PCJ’s Dutch sister publication Nieuwsblad Transport. Details of...Read more
|Comment|author: Adnan Bajic

Pioneering Spirit removes another topside

DecommissioningThe Pioneering Spirit has removed another platform topside. With a weight of 3,800 tons, the Valhall QP topside is the lightest one yet.  The Valhall QP platform removal is the first job for Allseas under a...Read more
|Comment|author: Adnan Bajic

Allseas wins new decommissioning contract

Allseas has won a new decommissioning contract from Equinor Energy to remove the 48,000 tons weighing Statfjord A platform. Allseas’ flagship Pioneering Spirit will lift the topside from its concrete gravity-based substructure in one piece...Read more
|Comment|author: Adnan Bajic

Pioneering Spirit sets new offshore lift record

Allseas broke another lift record with its humongous heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit, which successfully executed the single-lift installation of the processing platform and utility living quarters topsides in the Johan Sverdrup field, offshore Norway. Together...Read more
|Comment|author: Adnan Bajic