Dutch contractor Heerema Marine Contractors has completed another decommissioning activity related to an offshore platform, which was removed from the waters off the UK after 45 years, using the world’s largest crane vessel, Sleipnir.

After the contract for the removal and disposal of the Dunlin Alpha topside was announced in September 2018 , it was awarded to Heerema and AF Gruppen three months later. In May of the following year, Fairfield’s decommissioning plan for the platform topsides was approved by the UK authorities.