Barge Master Installs Its First BM-T40 System on Walk-to-Work Vessel

Barge Master is nearing the completion of the construction of the first BM-T40 system. On the 14th of October, the Barge Master motion compensated knuckle boom crane pedestal was installed on the new Wagenborg Walk-to-Work vessel, designed and built by Royal Niestern Sander.

The vessel and Barge Master system will be delivered in the first quarter of 2015 to be used by NAM in the Southern North Sea.

The vessel is unique because multiple functions are combined for the first time in one design. The vessel can accommodate 20 crewmembers and 40 service technicians, chemicals can be stored and transferred safely, and thanks to the T40 Barge Master system, materials can be transferred during wave heights of up to 3 meters.

Barge Master develops and produces motion compensation platforms for the marine and offshore industry. The Barge Master T40 is capable of compensating an offshore knuckle boom/telescopic boom crane with a capacity of 15mT.

The servicing of wind turbines or unmanned oil (rigs) platforms are typical applications of the Barge Master T40. The system is based on the same principle as the Barge Master T700: roll, pitch and heave are compensated, while surge, sway and yaw are fixated.

The T40 is developed together with Bosch Rexroth.

Barge Master will exhibit at this year’s Offshore Energy on stand 11.031.

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