13 mooring piles for temporary mooring places
13 MOORING PILES FOR TEMPORARY MOORING PLACES
In 2016, the CAPE VLT-320 was used to upend and install 13 mooring piles with a length of 34 meter, weighting 75 tonnes and diameter of 2.9 meter, at the Kanaaldok B3 in Antwerp, Belgium. These piles are used for temporary mooring places.
The piles were picked up, upended and positioned and driven as deep as possible into the hard clay layer by the CAPE VLT. All 13 piles were in position in record time of just 4 days.
After all piles were installed they were driven to final penetration with a 500kJ impact hammer.
Application details
Application
Mooring piles
Pile type
Monopiles
Penetration
15-20m
PILE DETAILS
Pile type
Monopiles
Pile length
35m
Pile weight
75t
Pile wall thickness
28mm
Pile diameter
2.9m
No. of piles
13
PROJECT DETAILS
Period
February 2016
Country
Belgium
Location
Kanaaldok B3, Antwerp
Market
Civil
System/end usage
Temporary mooring places
Operator or end customer
Port of Antwerp
Installation contractor
Herbosch Kiere Eiffage
Type of vessel
Crawler crane on spud barge
Mode
Spud cans
Main Reasons for solution choice
SELECTED EQUIPMENT
CAPE VLT-320
Equipment configuration
CAPE VLT-320 Single
Eccentric moment
320kgm
Max. line pull
500t
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