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The helideck platform being unloaded upon arrival in Argentina. (Photo by Panalpina)
Jun 08, 2018 09:00 CEST
Shipping a helideck to Argentina
Panalpina recently delivered the main components for the AM3 offshoreplatform, one of the key elements of the Area Magallanes Incremental Project(known as PIAM in Spanish), from Texas in the US to Punta Quilla, Argentina,about 2,400 km south of Buenos Aires.
The move was commissioned by EPC Techint, which provides worldwideengineering, procurement, construction, operation and management for highcomplexity, large-scale projects. Panalpina’s Energy and Project Solutionsteam handled the operation with a tailored Panprojects Carrier offering.
With Panprojects Carrier Panalpina can oversee multimodal heavy-lift movesfrom fabrication to installation sites under one single contract that clearlygoverns all modes of transport. The purpose-designed legal frameworkensures the best possible contractual clarity and one point of contact for thecustomer.
From the US to Brazil and Argentina
The scope of work included loading several out-of-gauge pieces —including ahelideck, generator room and living quarters module— onto a barge atIngleside, Texas, on December 5, 2017 and the subsequent transshipmentfrom barge to the main ship, the BBC Spring, in the Port of Corpus Christi,from where the cargo sailed to Argentina on December 8.
The largest piece measured approximately 18 x 20 x 5.3 meters and had avolume of 2,000 m3 while the complete volume reached 5,000 freight tons.
Detailed planning and engineering provided by Panalpina’s marine charteringand transport engineering experts allowed Panalpina to further help thecustomer by loading a giant umbilical reel during a brief stopover at Vitoria,Brazil. This reel was transported to the ship by barge with a floating crane.
Once in Argentina, Panalpina performed the direct transshipment of theequipment onto the Norwegian offshore supply vessel Sophie Siem, andsubsequently unloaded to the port floor and a hydraulic trailer. All theelements had been delivered by January 18, 2018.
“This operation was special for many reasons: the multinational scope andimpact of the project, the kind of equipment moved, the distance from Texasto Patagonia and the remoteness of the destination, to name just a few. Itwas a pleasure to see our teams in Argentina, Brazil and the United Stateswork hand in hand to coordinate and deliver this shipment, not only meetingour customer’s expectations for the original plan but also offering additionalsolutions,” says Juan Vilariño, head of Energy and Project Solutions, PanalpinaArgentina and Uruguay.
PIAM
Announced jointly by ENAP Sipetrol Argentina and YPF in 2016, PIAM will
contribute to Argentina's energy supply. The project aims to substantiallyincrease the production of natural gas and associated crude oil from theMagallanes Field located in the eastern mouth of the Strait of Magellan. Oncecompleted, PIAM will increase the daily production of natural gas by morethan 60% and of the associated crude oil production by 25% in thatexploitation area.
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Photo gallery:
The landing pad of the helideck being unloaded. (Photo by Panalpina)
Helidecks are essential for offshore platforms. (Photo by Panalpina)
Another helideck module being unloaded. (Photo by Panalpina)
The different helideck components included a control room. (Photo byPanalpina)
This giant umbilical reel was picked up during a clockwork stopover atVitoria, Brazil. (Photo by Panalpina)
The reel was transported to the ship by barge with a floating crane. (Photo byPanalpina)
Offshore platforms of the Area Magallanes Incremental Project (PIAM) inArgentina. (Photo by ENAP)
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