UK-based heavy lift specialist ALE completed a 47,830t load-out of a Russian oil and gas production platform. The load-out of the Arkutun Dagi topside, occurred at the Arkutun Dagi oil field of the east Russian coast and was also a first of a kind project for ALE's Mega Jack system. The 42,780t topside was jacked to a height of 24m in 11 hours, with the Mega Jack configured in four sets of towers, giving an overall jacking capacity of 60,000t. ALE's full scope of work included stand jack pulling, a high capacity modular ballast system and … [Read more...]