Projects
SAPN Kangaroo Island Power Cable Project
Westlink Projects
1 x Power Cable Basket and accessories
Origin(s)
ZTT Nantong, Nantong, China
Destination(s)
Adelaide, Australia
Market
Other Sectors and Markets
Sector
Power
Year
2018
Equipment
1 x Power Cable Basket and accessories
Total Weight
836 mt
Project Detail
Westlink was engaged by a customer to provide a multimodal logistics solution for a 750 metric ton power cable basket fabricated and spooled in Nantong, China to be used in the construction of a new power cable from Kangaroo Island to Adelaide in South Australia.
Scope
Crane barge – lifting of empty cable basket onto self-propelled barge
Self-propelled barge – spooling of power cable into empty basket at ZTT Nantong
Self-propelled barge – transfer of full cable basket from ZTT Nantong to Long Wu Terminal, Shanghai
Heavy Lift Vessel (HLV) – lift and load full power cable basket from self-propelled barge
Heavy Lift Vessel (HLV) – Shanghai, China to Adelaide, Australia to meet construction vessel to discharge power cable basket and accessories
Highlights
Zero LTIs
Heavy lift of 750 metric ton Spooling of fifteen (15) kilometres of power cable onto empty cable basket onto self-propelled barge
Vessel to vessel transfer – lift of full cable basket from self propelled barge to HLV
Vessel to vessel transfer – direct delivery of laden cable basket from HLV to construction vessel
On time delivery met tight construction window dictated by seasonal harsh weather conditions
The longest continuous undersea cable to be installed in Australia