Seajacks has taken the delivery of the Seajacks Scylla , the world’s largest installation jack-up vessel to date.
Commenting on the delivery of Seajacks Scylla, Blair Ainslie, Seajacks CEO said: “ Scylla is the largest and most advanced installation jack-up on the market and is targeted at the offshore wind and oil and gas markets. The vessel can handle XL monopiles, jacket foundations, and is able to transport an impressive number of the 7 and 8MW turbines that are currently available in the wind market.”
In early December, Seajacks Scylla will begin her journey from South Korea, where it was built by Samsung Heavy Industries, to Europe on-board the heavy load carrier vessel, HLV Osprey, and is expected to arrive in Rotterdam around the end of January. Seajacks operations teams will then prepare the vessel for her first project next spring.
Sailing at speeds of 12 knots or over, Scylla is outfitted with 105 metre long legs which give the ability to install components in water depths in excess of 65m. The vessel is equipped with a Huisman 1500t leg-encircling crane and has useable deck space of up to 5000m² and 8800t of available variable load.