Ship&Offshore | Issue 06/2023
New monopile-upending tool to boost versatility
The manufacture of flange monopile upending tool (FMUT) has begun, Netherlands-based Kenc Engineering has announced. The 75-tonnes unit was ordered by Van Oord, an existing client, earlier this year. The versatile unit, which will be able to operate effectively in a range of sea conditions, is capable of upending and lifting monopiles with diameters of up to eight metres, while effectively managing side leads, the company said. The FMUT, designed with several light but strong materials, has a safe working load of 1,600 tonnes....