A Twin for Heavy Lift Vessel Svenja
She perfectly resembles her sister, is just as strong and can be positioned to maximumprecision: SAL Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land puts the new building MV ‘Lone’ into service. Just three months after the German-based heavy-lift shipping company has sent the MV ‘Svenja’ on its maiden voyage, the company’s fleet has now been expanded by a second vessel of the same Type 183. The HLV was built at Sietas shipyard in Hamburg in only six months.
MV ‘Lone’ has a lifting capacity of 2,000 t abd a speed of twenty knots. While the MV ‘Svenja’ features a Dynamic Positioning System 1 (DP1), the MV ‘Lone’ is equipped with a DP2. It is only the fourth heavy-lift vessel in the world to be equipped with this system. With DP2, its unrivalled speed and its high crane capacity, the MV ‘Lone’ is just as suited to service demanding offshore projects within the oil and gas industry as it is to assist in the installation of foundations for offshore wind parks. On March 11, the heavy-lift vessel was christened at the Überseebrücke bridge in its home port of Hamburg before embarking on its maiden voyage the following day.
DP2 for challenging oil, gas and offshore projects
With the DP2, the MV ‘Lone’ has all the necessary elements for undertaking highly complex projects for the oil and gas industry, as well as for the offshore sector. The DP2 system stands for the redundancy of all essential components that hold the vessel in a particular
position during offshore operations. This redundant system guarantees the highest level of safety and precision at all times, particularly during offshore installations where staff is working on platforms and vessels. In addition to the redundancy of the system, which
contains an additional bow thruster, for example, the MV ‘Lone’ also has two highperforming retractable Azimuth rudders.
Maiden Voyage
On its maiden voyage, the MV ‘Lone’ will call the loading ports of Rostock, Aabenraa in southern Denmark and Uddevalla in Sweden, where it will load cranes and equipment (e.g. jack-up legs for offshore platforms) for the oil and gas industry with destination Korea. Subsequently, the new building will carry reactors weighing up to 1,800 t from the Far East to South America. Over the past few months, the company has seen a considerable increase in project requests involving heavy loads.