Jumbo Offshore has completed the removal of two monopiles on the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan, deploying its DP2 heavy lift crane vessel Fairplayer from Europe to support the onsite operations.
The company was awarded the contract by Yunneng Wind Power earlier this year to remove monopiles at Yunlin. It represented an expansion of Jumbo Offshore’s existing contract scope, involving the transportation and installation of the transition pieces.
Under the additional project scope, two monopiles, previously suffering from a pile run during an earlier project phase, were to be removed. This involved cutting the monopiles into sections underwater as well as recovery, transport and offloading of the sections.
The Fairplayer was outfitted with an underwater abrasive cutting and lifting tool supplied by Claxton Engineering Services, as well as an ROV supplied by IKM subsea and survey equipment by Reach Subsea.
“Our dedicated team worked solidly to support our client throughout the project and remained flexible,” says Jumbo Offshore’s Milad Sheikhi.
“Achieving what you set out to accomplish successfully and on time is rewarding for the team. Delivering a safe and reliable service as promised is, and always will be our core commitment as a T&I contractor for the installation and decommissioning of future offshore wind projects.”
