Pile handling tools
With an extensive track record in designing tailor made tools for offshore pile driving, TWD engineers are well equipped to respond to the various challenges of pile driving operations and develop optimal project-specific solutions, ranging from robust sub-sea templates to highly efficient monopile grippers.
A good example is the Monopile Gripper Frame which we designed for Van Oord’s Aeolus vessel. This Monopile gripper frame was so successful that our satisfied client Van Oord has mobilized a second gripper for their Pacific Osprey vessel.
Besides piling projects executed with jack-up barges, TWD develops solutions for efficient floating (mono-)pile installations. Combined with substantial experience in the design of motion compensated systems, the most effective solution for each piling challenge is developed in close cooperation with our clients.
Monopile gripper frames
Luchterduinen, Gemini, Sandbank, Svanen
Pre-piling templates
Baltic II, Borkum West, Ormonde, Thornton Bank, Belwind
Piling gates
Motion Compensated Pile Gripper (MCPG)
Upending hinges
Trestle and berth piling template
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DOVER WESTERN DOCKS REVIVAL PROJECT
June 6, 2017Port of Dover contracted VSBW to execute the engineering and construction of the Port’s major Western Docks Revival scheme. The project involves driving over 700 steel tubular piles for the construction of two new quay walls, a marina curve and a marina pier. Given the large number of piles, Volkerstevin UK decided to invest in two innovative first in class piling gates, significantly increasing the projected piling outputs. TWD assisted with the structural and mechanical design of this bespoke piling solution. ...
Jumbo Pile Guiding Frame
September 15, 2016Jumbo Offshore has installed 8 anchor piles for FPSO mooring in the Pierce Field (North Sea). To hammer these piles within the correct inclination and orientation tolerances, a subsea Pile Guiding Frame (PGF) was required. The PGF had to be lowered to the seabed with the cranes of the Jumbo Fairplayer. The piles’ mooring pad eye and chains required the PGF sleeve to be open on one side. After hammering, the PGF was retrieved.
