ACE Mooring System for Brent Delta decommissioning project

Leading global deck machinery specialist, ACE Winches successfully mobilised a 6 point mooring system to anchor the Iron Lady Barge used on the Brent decommissioning project.

The equipment, designed and manufactured by ACE Winches at their global headquarters, Turriff, Aberdeenshire is now in situ and being supported by a team of ACE Winches offshore personnel.

As part of the Brent Delta decommissioning project the 24,000te platform topside is to be transferred to a 200-metre long barge, the Iron Lady, being moored at the client’s specialist facilities in the North East of England. An ACE 6-Point Mooring system is in place to assist and maintain the positioning of the barge during operations to transfer the platform to the shore side.

The ACE 6 Point Mooring System incorporates ACE Hydraulic Drum Winches ranging from 75te WLL to 25te WLL, powered by six Diesel Hydraulic Power Units.