Blue Water: Khankendi SCV Hull En Route to Caspian Sea
Blue Water and Baku Shipyard signed a logistics contract, earlier this year, covering the transport of two hull sections for “Khankendi” Subsea Construction Vessel (SCV). Now, the two sections weighing a total of 10,800 tons have left Singapore heading for the Caspian Sea.
The route goes through the Suez Canal and the Black Sea proceeding through the Russian Volga-Don river system and its 18 locks.
“The loading operations went as planned in Singapore where the sections were towed onto a waiting semi-submersible vessel by use of tug boats. A long and interesting journey now lies ahead,” says Project Manager Lars Skov Christensen.
“The entire project is handled in close cooperation between several of our offices with many years of experience within this field,” he added.
The sections are 140 metres long, 16 metres wide and 17 metres high. Together they make up the hull for the Khankendi. Once completed, Khankendi will be deployed for the Shah Deniz field, located offshore Azerbaijan.
