MPI Anchors in Tees Base, ‘MPI Adventure’ Readies for Amrumbank

MPI Adventure recently completed her mobilisation and left the Tees Base earlier this week. She is now in Esjberg for the loading of Siemens 3.6MW wind turbines, which will be installed at the Amrumbank offshore wind farm.

Preparation work for the installation campaign was undertaken at the MPI Offshore Tees Base, a facility that MPI has now taken over as a permanent resident. The complete process of sea-fastening design, subsequent local construction and installation on board the wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) was managed from Tees Base by a dedicated project management team, working in close cooperation with E.On.

The Tees Base provides MPI Offshore’s expanding fleet with quay frontage for project mobilisation/demobilisation, plus warehousing space for specialist equipment and customer components.

The quayside and frontage have access to hard-standing and lay-down areas suitable for offshore wind components.

Since September 2014, MPI Adventure’s sister vessel MPI Discovery has been installing monopiles and transition pieces (TPs) on the Amrumbank site, with the work being carried out by MPI’s installation and heavy-lift crews.

MPI Discovery is scheduled to complete the foundation phase of the project this spring. The vessel will then return to Tees Base for demobilisation or – with her spread of installation tools and equipment – to be made available for other offshore installations through 2015.