beeredup Posted March 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Its the MPI adventure figgy its not the one who got its leg stuck, that was JB114 we "paid them off" The MPI adventure (the one erecting the turbines) has a sister ship the MPI Discovery, she is berthed up the Tees both run by a stokesley company KW yeah my mate was on the Discovery but he has just lef tto join the Pacific Osprey the beastie i am joining, just been told i "have" to do a 5 day safety course in Singpore!!! in the next few months (gutted) the Discovery ia nice vessel but its small compared to the Osprey which can carry 12 complete turbine topsides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delburt0 Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Makes my job look boring lol I am warm and well paid though so the wife keeps telling me. Just accepted the Deck supervisors job on this mighty vessel!! have a gander at http://www.swireblueocean.com/files/pdf/sbo-technical-specs-april-2012.pdf its an awesome beast of a thing!! we will be dismantling oil platforms off norway and building wind farms (i know) off germany once went on the Yorkshire belle at brid I threw up then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeredup Posted March 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Makes my job look boring lol I am warm and well paid though so the wife keeps telling me. once went on the Yorkshire belle at brid I threw up then yeah i am expecting the weather to be a tad parky!! as i have never worked for a firm that issues thermal longjohns as part of the PPE before saying that our wind chill out here on my old rig in Liverpool bay is minus 23 degrees c tongiht kinda makes me glad to be sat in the control room on nights lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iced Tiger Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Nice one on the new job B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Its the MPI adventure figgy its not the one who got its leg stuck, that was JB114 we "paid them off" The MPI adventure (the one erecting the turbines) has a sister ship the MPI Discovery, she is berthed up the Tees both run by a stokesley company KW KW. What was the one in Hartlepool for a while behind Heerema with its legs up, lit up like a Chrismas tree on a night. Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdubya Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 KW. What was the one in Hartlepool for a while behind Heerema with its legs up, lit up like a Chrismas tree on a night. Figgy The adventure, its in there now KW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Cheers Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzab Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 My god that's insane. How on earth do you end up working on that??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinClarke Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Nice one Andy. Good luck,hope you enjoy it. See you around. Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeredup Posted March 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 My god that's insane. How on earth do you end up working on that??? i work on some thing a bit similar but a lot smaller now maintaining gas platforms in the irish sea, theres loads of beast like that in the world now but that and its sister ship are currently the worlds biggest wind farm installation vessels (for now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzab Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 i work on some thing a bit similar but a lot smaller now maintaining gas platforms in the irish sea, theres loads of beast like that in the world now but that and its sister ship are currently the worlds biggest wind farm installation vessels (for now) wow u jammy ******* must be amazing. Hard but amazing. sure beats sitting in a Poxy lorry!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeredup Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Took me years to work my way up to the career ihave now, i started off gutting fish for a living and trust me sat in a warm truck beats the snot out of doin that for a livin just pick where you wanna go and when ya achieve that pick a new direction to set off in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeredup Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 heres some photos of the sister vessel the Pacific Orca starting to remove the top side of an oil platform, once i join the Osprey a week on Thursday the topsides will be gone and its our job to go out and remove the jacket of the platform (the legs) then we are off to install 80 wind turbines of fthe coast of germany i am looking forward to my new challenging career as things have got kinda stale where ihavebeen working for the past 4 and a bit years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeredup Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Nice one Andy. Good luck,hope you enjoy it. See you around. Kev Cheers Kev not seen you in ages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty7247 Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Thats quite impressive mate, good luck with the new job, looks amazing to say the least! We'll have to meet up once the weather turns warmer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markws80 Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Good luck,hope you enjoy it Its not my cup of tea as i get sea sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeredup Posted March 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Cheers lads should be an interesting new adventure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeredup Posted April 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Well after dismantling and oil rig off Denmark we went to Vats in Norway to unload 3 massive bits of oil rig the heaviest being 690 tonne, i got to cut my heavy lift teeth on a measly 580 tonner we sailed to Grenaa in Denmark for a top up of fuel (2500m3) and sailed for Rotterdam where we have been for almost 3 weeks getting rigged up for a wind farm job in the Irish sea driving the mono piles in with a chuffin big hammer! i am due to get off here on Thursday for 4 weeks of training my dog an as much shooting as i can shake my shotgun at!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE MEK Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Good career move mate,plenty decomm work over the next few years.the company I'm with have won contract to pull all casing and conductors on the platforms in Norway for statoil, then you have turbines which are popping up all over well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppythedog Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Love the idea of GPS "Sit n Stay" wonder if that can be modded to work on a Spaniel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 heres some photos of the sister vessel the Pacific Orca starting to remove the top side of an oil platform, once i join the Osprey a week on Thursday the topsides will be gone and its our job to go out and remove the jacket of the platform (the legs) then we are off to install 80 wind turbines of fthe coast of germany i am looking forward to my new challenging career as things have got kinda stale where ihavebeen working for the past 4 and a bit years That is a bit different I have not seen a boat on legs before the rigs that I have seen tend to be just big square things with legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Do you still need a dive team flown out to inspect the spud cans with these after jacking down? And I guess the thing is limited to reasonably shallow water given it's a Jack-up. I thought the fjords were all uber deep? Great looking beast though. I once had to do a couple of basket transfers onto the deck of the DB1 from the deck of a supply vessel. I though that was a big mamma, that thing looks even bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krugerandsmith Posted April 30, 2013 Report Share Posted April 30, 2013 Just accepted the Deck supervisors job on this mighty vessel!! have a gander at http://www.swireblueocean.com/files/pdf/sbo-technical-specs-april-2012.pdf its an awesome beast of a thing!! we will be dismantling oil platforms off norway and building wind farms (i know) off Germany Nice to see a few legs to put down ..... far safer ....Just make sure their weight tested before jacking up vessel. Just accepted the Deck supervisors job on this mighty vessel!! have a gander at http://www.swireblueocean.com/files/pdf/sbo-technical-specs-april-2012.pdf its an awesome beast of a thing!! we will be dismantling oil platforms off norway and building wind farms (i know) off germany Well done. Will they let you stick an automatic trap at the top of one of them towers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeredup Posted May 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 Do you still need a dive team flown out to inspect the spud cans with these after jacking down? And I guess the thing is limited to reasonably shallow water given it's a Jack-up. I thought the fjords were all uber deep? Great looking beast though. I once had to do a couple of basket transfers onto the deck of the DB1 from the deck of a supply vessel. I though that was a big mamma, that thing looks even bigger. yeah the Fjord we were in was too deep we can work 80 metres max depth but we can lift 1200 tonne while afloat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeredup Posted May 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2013 oh well just been sent sme photos off my mate who is a crane op on the same vessel as me they have just finished loading up for the vessels first run out to build a wind farm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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