Abstract:During the second quarter of 2002 Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) installed the Horn Mountain Dry Tree Spar facility [ref.1], using its recently enhanced Deepwater Construction Vessel (DCV) Balder. This paper describes the most important issues of this marine installation project, including methodologies specifically developed to suit the capabilities of DCV Balder. Such features include the Worlds largest diameter Mooring Line Deployment winch and the dual crane lifting of the Spar Deck.
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