Swan Hunter issue Letter of Intent to Motive Offshore Group for Basket Carousel Loading Tower

Swan Hunter are proud to announce that we have issued Motive Offshore Group a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the Design & Build of a basket carousel loading tower.

The agreement with Motive Offshore Group, who are based in Banff, Aberdeenshire, continues Swan Hunter’s capital investment into our flagship modular basket carousel and tower lay spread, which will be available for cable, umbilical and flexible pipeline installations for the 2017 Summer season. The loading tower features a modular design, which allows for efficient transportation and mobilisations.

Package Manager, John Young stated

“We are pleased to announce our agreement with Motive to provide the design and build of our Carousel Loading Tower. This key deliverable, for a robust and capable design that can operate in both the Offshore Wind and Oil & Gas markets, will provide us with a strong offering to the market”.

Motive Offshore Managing Director Dave Acton said

“We are excited to be working with Swan Hunter to realise their ambitious plans for bringing high quality marine equipment to the market.  Innovative machinery that is easy to use, efficient to mobilise and provide a cost effective method of installing umbilical and flexible pipelines is needed more than ever in the offshore wind and oil and gas industries.  The Motive team is ready to begin work on the Loading Tower project using our collective design and build expertise.”

The design and engineering of the basket carousel is currently ongoing, and is being carried out by Stemar Engineering who were awarded the contract earlier this year.