Asian Hercules Arrives Scotland

Asian Hercules III arrives ahead of suction bucket foundations for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre

One of the world’s largest and most versatile floating cranes has arrived in Peterhead Port today ahead of 11 giant game-changing suction bucket foundations. Setting up base in Peterhead Port, the 25,000 tonne Asian Hercules III will lift and install the 77 metre-high, 1,800 tonne steel jacket foundations - as heavy as almost ten Boeing 747s - at the site of Vattenfall’s pioneering European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre in Aberdeen Bay. The ... More: Official Press Release Vattenfall

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Scotland, crane, Peterhead, suction bucket foundation, EOWDC