Sarens Lifting Jackets in Zhuhai, China, for Seagreen Offshore Wind Project

March 23, 2022 | Renewables | Energy Facts Staff Writer | 2min

Sarens Lifting Jackets

Sarens was asked to provide heavy lifting service in Zhuhai, China for the Seagreen Offshore Wind Project in the Scottish North Sea sector.

30 jackets had to be assembled at the Zhuhai Jutal yard. Once complete in 2023, the 1.1GW Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm will be Scotland’s largest and the world’s deepest fixed-bottom offshore wind farm.

Sarens is a Belgian multinational company headquartered in Wolvertem, Belgium. Its business includes, heavy lift, engineered transport, and crane rental services. It produces a variety of equipment including cranes, transportation, gantries, jacking products, and other heavy lifting products. (source: Wiki)

Sarens CC6800 was set up to perform the lifts with the configurations:

Sarens Lifting-Sarens CC6800

  • SH without main boom
  • SSL with superlift and main boom
  • SWSL with superlift, SSL/LSL 96/42

The CC6800 was mobilized from Qinzhou, Guangxi province to Zhuhai Jutal site in Guangdong province. Mobilization took about 60 trucks and 20 days. The crane was assembled in 10 days.

Project Engineer, Wang Shuai said, “Each jacket weighed around 1900t and was smoothly assembled by the crew.” He adds, “ We are thankful to the team from Zhuhai Jutal who helped us with yard logistics and ground preparations.”