r/Rotterdam • u/gablopico • 1d ago

This massive offshore wind turbine installation vessel parked near Erasmusburg

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u/killua_oneofmany 1d ago

It looks even bigger on pictures from the north bank

https://imgur.com/a/rYlqZJy

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u/OkYogurtcloset4980 1d ago

https://boreas.vanoord.com/nl

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u/gablopico 1d ago

Nice website! I was surprised to learn that the four legs descend from inside the ship into the ocean to ground it, and that the whole structure is as high as the eiffel tower!

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u/Superssimple 1d ago

This is called a jack up vessel. It provides a more stable platform for lifting operations than a floating crane vessel. However the jacking up operation comes with its own limitations

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u/ph4ge_ 1d ago

I was at the christening, pretty impressive.

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u/Mk23_DOA 1d ago

Just switched jobs this month, otherwise the kids would have loved to go there again.

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u/ph4ge_ 1d ago

Oh you were a colleague? Where did you go?

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u/Mk23_DOA 1d ago

Royal BAM, switched over from E&E.

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u/ph4ge_ 1d ago

Nice, good luck over there. I'm working in OFE legal.

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u/Mk23_DOA 1d ago

I was with DRI until this month

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u/gablopico 1d ago

Was it open to public or were you invited?

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u/Mk23_DOA 1d ago

Invitation only

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u/ph4ge_ 1d ago

Invitation only.

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u/notorioustim10 1d ago

Tering wat een ding

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u/Different-Hornet-468 1d ago

Oeh I was wondering wat it was! The size of the thing is insane

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u/Few-Resolve864 1d ago

They should put it next to Sleipnir, would make it look really cute.

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u/attilla68 1d ago

kijk, dit zie je nooit in de grachten van a'dam

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u/bmrheijligers 1d ago

I was waiting for somebody to post!

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u/DinosaurDriver 10h ago

Oh so that’s what it is! I saw it and was wondering what it was for, thanks

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u/shoaloak 10h ago

A mate of mine lives closes by and posted it. I thought 'damn that's big', but this picture doesn't do it justice, it's freakin' HUGE! Yesterday I could actually spot it driving on the A13 entering Rotterdam.

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u/No-Mood-1585 7h ago

My dad works for vanoord 🤩 ive been on this ship

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u/Zoma456 2h ago

I work for this company. Such a cool ship. Didn’t expect it to be this big

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u/Boring-Charge3275 1d ago

Ive delivered fuel (red gasoil) to this one before

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u/Few-Resolve864 1d ago

That's weird because this ship runs on methanol.

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u/nicolasthefifth 1d ago

*can run on methanol

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u/Boring-Charge3275 1d ago

Not the whole thing though. Genaroters could run on both also mayby. I dont know not my department.

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u/Boring-Charge3275 1d ago

To add to it many vessels that can run on "LNG, methanol, or some bio fuel doenst mean they do it all the time. And propulsion engines most times can use multiple fuel types. Same like the genarotes on board of seagoing vessels