Allseas’ new cargo barge Braveheart has departed China for Rotterdam after an 18-month build, adding an electric ballast system and supporting Pioneering Spirit transfers.
Allseas is upgrading its heavy-lift vessel Pioneering Spirit, raising topsides single-lift capacity by 25% to 60,000 tonnes through a TLS upgrade ahead of major North Sea decommissioning and offshore wind projects into the 2030s.
Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit completes the 11,600-tonne Eider Alpha topsides removal, marking the start of TAQA UK’s major North Sea decommissioning programme.
Allseas has selected Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam to design its new semi-submersible heavy transport vessel Grand Tour, to be built in China and delivered in 2028.
Allseas has been awarded a major decommissioning contract by TAQA to remove the Brae Alpha topsides in the UK North Sea, deploying its heavy-lift vessel Pioneering Spirit.
