Aberdeenshire-based Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been awarded a GBP 3 million contract by an international infrastructure group to design and build a 1,500-ton carousel and associated spread.
The carousel will be used for the storage of spare cables required for UK offshore wind farm projects and will be located at an undisclosed port on UK’s north east.
The carousel will have the capability to be upgraded to 2,000 tons and will be designed by ESS engineers at their Banchory headquarters and partially manufactured at the company’s subsidiary firm Masfab in County Durham.
This deal follows the acquisition by Bibby Offshore Limited of an 800-ton ESS carousel which had earlier been deployed by a utility company on a UK wind farm construction project.
“The carousel will be designed so that the capacity can be upgraded to store additional cables on demand,” Mo Petrie, ESS operations director, said.
”The contract also includes provision for operating the carousel on behalf of the client and the training of their personnel. The client is a major player in large-scale infrastructure projects and is active on a number of UK offshore wind projects, which dovetails with our own diversification in to the renewables sector.”