CAPE Holland, the Dutch piling options supplier, has been a awarded a contract by Hyundai Engineering Metal Industries (HESI) to produce a Vibro Lifting Instrument for piling actions on the Shinan-Ui Offshore Wind Farm. The contract marks CAPE Holland’s first mission in South Korea.
The Shinan-Ui Offshore Wind Farm, with a complete capability of 390 MW, is positioned off the coast of Ui Island in Shinan County, Jeonnam Province. The mission is being developed by Hanwha Company /E&C, Korea South-East Energy (KOEN), and SK D&D, as a part of South Korea’s broader push towards sustainable vitality.
CAPE Holland will provide its superior CAPE VLT-320 Vibro Lifting Instrument for the set up of 104 pin piles, every measuring 3,500mm in diameter, as much as 66 meters in size and weighing as much as 340 tons. The CAPE VLT-320 will probably be used for upending and subsea vibro driving, adopted by influence hammer pile driving, offering important assist to HESI for environment friendly and noise-reducing pile set up and avoiding pile run.
The Vibro Lifting Expertise by CAPE Holland has been designed to permit longer each day set up home windows by minimizing each underwater and above-water noise, in comparison with conventional influence hammer driving, which is restricted to a couple hours throughout daytime. The usage of the CAPE Vibro Lifting Expertise will even assist keep away from working piles and assist to enhance the steadiness and bearing capability of the area’s tender soils.
Laurens de Neef, CEO at CAPE Holland, shared his pleasure about this primary mission in Korea: “We’re thrilled to enter the South Korean marketplace for the primary time. Offshore wind right here presents distinctive challenges, significantly the tender soils that always lead to working piles. HESI, a frontrunner in set up providers, has acknowledged the advantages of the CAPE VLT and can use it for pre-driving pin piles to steady depths by these difficult areas. We’re proud to have been awarded this mission and stay up for constructing an enduring partnership with HESI, as we work collectively to advance Korea’s offshore basis market with environment friendly instruments and drive down prices.”
The set up work will probably be carried out by HESI, utilising the Fontier Jack-up Vessel, which is ideally suited to offshore development in water depths of 15 to 31 meters. The mission is about to start out in Q2 2025. Supply: CAPE Holland
