Original news was publsihed on 1 August, 2014

Repairs and renewal to Seajacks Leviathan and Seajacks Kraken have been completed for Seajacks UK by Shipdock Amsterdam, a Damen Shiprepair & Conversion shipyard.

Work on the two self-propelled jack-up vessels was performed between jobs at North Sea offshore wind and oil & gas installations, Damen said in a statement.

For Seajacks Leviathan, first its blade racks were cut loose and removed. Next a heli deck was installed, including related drain and firefighting piping, in Shipdock’s 250-meter Panamax dock. The heli deck was prefabricated in Amsterdam by Niron Staal, which is also a subsidiary of the Damen Shiprepair & Conversion. Below deck reinforcements were then installed to support heavier mounts in preparation of lifeboat davits replacement.

For Seajacks Kraken, Shipdock Amsterdam replaced the vessel’s two lifeboat davit sets. This included installing Niron Staal prefabricated foundations and the four new davits with their powerpack, cable, winch, electricity and hydraulic systems. This was finished off by surveyor-assessed test runs and loads test. The Kraken’s four legs were restored after an initial joint inspection round with the principal’s inspectors.

In addition to crane tests and crane hook certification update surveys, both Seajack vessels underwent miscellaneous minor steel work and had four new satellite dome platforms installed.

In June, Seajacks took delivery of its fourth self-propelled jack-up vessel, the Seajacks Hydra. Next year, Seajacks will receive its largest vessel to date, the Seajacks Scylla, which is being built by Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea.

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