Tailor-made solution for oil rig move and yard stay

In the late winter of 2017, the semisubmersible oil drilling rig Leiv Eiriksson temporarily left its drilling location in the Barents Sea to undergo maintenance in the port of Olen in Norway. Greencarrier Freight Services was contacted by our global partner Crane Worldwide Logistics and the rig drilling company Ocean Rig, to provide logistics services for the rig move and subsequent yard stay. This is how we helped them out!

Rig Logistics Solutions – a one-stop-shop solution

Our ”Rig Logistics Solutions” is a concept which can be tailor-made, depending on the needs and requirements of the customer. Among the services we are able to provide are rig clearance administration, freight forwarding, security staff, tugboats, pilots, and berthing as well as general staff for project coordination.

In the case of Leiv Eiriksson, we assisted our client with rig clearance, pilots, transport of material needed for maintenance, and also helped to arrange pilots for the route from the open sea into the fjord where Ølen and the shipyard operated by Westcon is located.

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