27 Dec 2019
Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit Returns to Lerwick for Third Time – Video
Topics: Allseas, Dales Voe Base, decommissioning, Deep Water Port, demobilisation, HeavyLiftNews, Lerwick, Lerwick Port Authority, offshore structures, Pioneering Spirit, recycling, remobilisation, Shetland, Video
The world’s largest offshore construction vessel, Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit, has returned to Lerwick on her third visit to the deep-water Shetland port in four years.
The visits have reinforced Lerwick’s reputation as a leader in decommissioning and recycling offshore structures.
Pioneering Spirit entered the harbour on Monday to offload a cargo of materials from a North Sea oil field direct to quayside at Lerwick Port Authority’s Dales Voe Base, followed by several days’ demobilisation and then remobilisation for her next project.
Operated by Allseas, the huge 382m long and 124mwide vessel is designed to support decommissioning and installation projects in the energy industries.
Pioneering Spirit first arrived in Lerwick in August 2020 – her first call at a UK port – when delivering the 14,200t Ninian Northern platform topsides, returning in April 2022 with the field’s 8,500t steel support jacket.
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