Unsuitable boat raises Sheringham Shoal costs / News / The Foreigner

Unsuitable boat raises Sheringham Shoal costs. UPDATED: Statoil and Statkraft’s prestigious UK wind power project has suffered a financial broadside after deploying a ship not designed to seas off the UK coast. Problems with the Heavy Lift Vessel MS “Svanen”, used to establish the 500-ton foundations, occurred in June 2010. Work was not resumed until April this year, with the delay costing an estimated 600 million kroner extra, Dagens Næringsliv reports. The Sheringham Shoal wind farm is to provide electricity each year for 220,000 British homes. Statoil Communications Manager Morten Eek tells The Foreigner “the original boat was not suitable for these types of operations as it was too vulnerable to swell. The decision to use MS “Svanen” was taken by the contracting parties MT Højgaard and SCIRA.”

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