We were involved in maintenance works on Causeymire windfarm, which included the exchange of the blade bearing. Customer on this project was Deutsche Windtechnik who planned the lifting operations and our cranes were working under their instruction.
We were involved in planning and carrying out vessel discharge operations to unload a 125t transformer and various ancillary items from a vessel to truck and quayside in Scrabster Harbour. Collett Heavy Lifting Ltd was our customer on this project.
We were involved in providing contract lift services in unloading vessels in Scrabster Harbour. The project involved 2 shipments each carrying a 138.5 tonne Stator, 129 tonne Rotor and other components for Thurso South Substation. CUSTOMER FEEDBACK Trans Global Projects Lt. Manager Ginny Parry says: “Exceptional service.”
We were involved in planning and carrying out the load testing of a cantilever HALO with a swivel beam assembly at Gows in Lybster. Torquer Ltd was our customer on this Project. Our Approach Our 300t crane was rigged to customers requirements to lift the Cantilever beam and …
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Windfarm components arriving by sea to Scrabster Harbour, where they get discharged and stored for forward transport to Limekiln windfarm site. We have been involved in the vessel discharge operations, re- loading to transport and unloading on site. The Limekin windfarm includes 24 wind turbines (manufactured by Vestas) …
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Windfarm components arriving by sea to Wick Harbour, where they get discharged and stored for forward transport to Camster II windfarm site. We have been involved in the vessel discharge operations, re- loading to transport and unloading on site. The Camster II windfarm includes 10 wind turbines (manufactured …
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Customer Liberty Steel for Subsea7 Project overview Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd unloaded 7 out of 8 shipments of pipes from Hartlepool to Wick harbour. The Project involved unloading in total over 600 loose pipe with outer diameter between 956.2 to 1354 mm, single length app. 27.3 m. First …
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Customer Drewes Group Project overview Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd unloaded 2 shipments of pipes from MV Eems Transporter at Scrabster and Wick harbours. The Project involved unloading in total 1095 loose pipe with outer diameter 406,40mm, single length app. 12,30 m. First of the vessels arrived in Scrabster …
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Customer Trans Global Projects Ltd. Project overview MV Wilson Mosel arrived in Scrabster Harbour on the 6th March carrying a stator, rotor and cooler boxes for the Thurso South Substation. This is one of the 2 shipments coming to Scrabster. On this lift we used our 700t Liebherr …
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Customer SubSea7 Project overview Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd unloaded 2 vessels carrying in total 840 pipes at Wick harbour. Once discharged from the vessel the pipes were transported to Wester site. Read other case studies here. To find out more about the lifting services available from us get …
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Customer Liberty Steel Project overview Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd transported 27.4 m long, Ø956.2 and 1354mm pipes from Wick Harbour to Wester site. Read other case studies here. To find out more about the lifting services available from us get in touch with our team here.
Customer Liberty Steel Project overview The first vessel HS Fairness arrived in Wick Harbour on the 16th October carrying 82 pipes. Over the coming month Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd will be unloading further 7 vessels. On this lift we used our 300t Liebherr crane fitted with the vacuum …
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Customer Kestrel Liner Agencies Ltd Project overview 2021-ongoing Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd unloaded windfarm components for Kennoxhead, South Kyle, Cumberhead and Kype Muir windfarm projects, working in Glasgow King George V docks and in the Port of Ayr. Recently we have been involved in handling windfarm components for …
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Customer NKT A/S Project overview Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd. discharged 14 cable reels that were delivered to Wick Harbour. Our approach Mobile crane wad positioned and set up. The boom was set to the desired lengths. An exclusion area was created with Heras fence set up around the …
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Customer Grahams Construction Limited Project overview 17/09/2021 Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd transported pre fabricated concrete beams from Scrabster harbour storage compound to the installation site. The first visit of beam movement involved transporting 31 of the total of 76 beams that are currently stored in a storage compound …
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Customer Grahams Construction Limited Project overview 30/07/2021 Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd unloaded 76 pre fabricated concrete beams from MV BBC Marmara at Scrabster harbour. The vessel carried in total 76 beams which were each between 7 and 24 m long and weigh between 3.4 and 43.3 Ton. Our …
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Customer JGC Engineering & Technical Services Ltd Project overview 22/07/2021 Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd transported a door structure which has been built in a dual purpose restraint and transport frame: The lorry trailer arrived on site to allow the structure to be loaded on to the trailer Both …
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Customer Kestrel Liner Agencies Ltd Project overview 16/11/2020 Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd unloaded Glen Kyllachy wind farm components at Inverness harbour. The first of eight vessels MV Aramis arrived at Inverness Harbour on Monday carrying 27 blades each 44 m long and weighing 12.5 Tonnes. Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd …
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Customer SPI McGrattan Project overview 07/08/2020 Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd unloaded piles from MV Wilson Lista at Scrabster harbour. Wilson Lista is the first of two vessels delivering piles as part of this project. The vessel carried in total 90 tubular piles which were each between 24.4 and …
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Customer Scottish Power Renewables Project overview 31/05/2020 Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd. lifted gearbox at Black Law Windfarm (North Lanarkshire). Black Law Windfarm is one of the largest windfarms in the UK and our 500t crane team has been returning to the site to carry out lifting operations as …
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Customer Vallourec Deutschland GmbH Project overview Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd unloaded 775 pipes (11.9-12.5 m long with 219-406 mm outer diameter from marine vessel H&S Prudence, which arrived in Wick Harbour on 22/10/2019. Two cranes rigged with spreader beams and pipe shoes were set up, to unload pipes …
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Customer Eimskip Agency Project overview 15/10/2019 Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd was unloading sea containers from a MV Vantage at Scrabster harbour. Vantage is a cargo ship with the overall length of 100 m. We have been unloading containers at Scrabster harbour on a regular basis, however this was …
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Customer Rix Sea Shuttle Project overview Starting from April 2017 Hugh Simpson (Contractors) is providing agency services to Rix crew transfer vessels Rix Lynx, Rix Cheetah, Rix Lion and Rix Panther throughout their project on Scotland`s largest windfarm Beatrice near Wick. We arranged personnel movement, accommodation and travel, …
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Customer Mannesmann Line Pipe GmbH Project overview Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd arranged the shipment and unloading of 932 raw black steel pipes (12.2 m long with 406.4 and 273.1 mm outer diameter) from a marine vessel Wilson Wisla, which arrived in Wick Harbour on 22/07/2019. Two cranes were …
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Customer JGC Engineering and technical services Ltd. Project overview Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd transported specialised fabricated steel modular units from JGC T3 building in Janetstown to Scrabster harbour. The biggest unit was 7.1 m wide, 14.4 m long and 6.0 m high. The height of the trailer and load was 6.9 m. The route was …
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Customer Liberty Steel Project overview Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd unloaded pipes (18 m long with 1524 mm outer diameter, each pipe 12 tons) from a marine vessel Lady Ariane, which arrived in Wick Harbour on 27/06/2019. Two cranes were set up, fitted with vacuum lift units to unload …
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Customer Liberty Steel Project overview Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd unloaded 90 pipes (18 m long with 1524 mm outer diameter, each pipe 12 tons) from marine vessel Fluvius Plym, which arrived in Wick Harbour on 19/06/2019. Two cranes were set up, fitted with vacuum lift units to unload …
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Customer GP Shipping Project overview 17/06/2019 Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd unloaded railway lines from MV Amy at Scrabster harbour. Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd was responsible to discharge 784 railway lines, each 18 m long and weighing 0.86 Tonnes. The rails were lifted in bundles of 5, each bundle 4.3 Tonnes. …
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Customer Liberty Steel Project overview Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd unloaded 117 pipes (18 m long with 1524 mm outer diameter, each pipe 12 tons) from marine vessel Scot Trader, which arrived in Wick Harbour on Friday. Two cranes were set up: one fitted with a vacuum lift and another with …
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Customer JGC Engineering and technical services Ltd. Project overview Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd transported specialised fabricated steel modular units from JGC T3 building in Janetstown to Scrabster harbour. The biggest unit was 7.1 m wide, 14.4 m long and 6.0 m high. The height of the trailer and load was 6.9 m. The route was …
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Customer Kestrel Liner Agency Ltd. Project overview 04/03/2019 Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd. unloaded in total 1652 steel pipes from a Marine Vessel Helen Anna, which arrived in Wick harbour on Monday. We operated a crane and a vacuum pipe lifter simultaneously to discharge the vessel. The unloading required …
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Customer Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd. Project overview 11/03/2019 Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd. discharged in total 1586 tonnes of bulk ground lime from a Marine Vessel Eems Delta, which arrived in Wick harbour on Sunday. We operated two material handlers with clamshell bucket attachments. Lime was loaded directly into …
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Customer Kestrel Liner Agency Ltd. Project overview 16/01/2019 Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd. unloaded in total 1092 steel pipes from a Marine Vessel Peak Amsterdam, which arrived in Wick harbour on Wednesday. We operated two cranes simultaneously to discharge the vessel. The unloading required two teams with four slingers/ …
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Customer Eimskip Agency Project overview 29/01/2019 Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd unloaded refrigerated cargo from Svartfoss at Scrabster harbour. Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd acted as stevedores in cooperation with Sandisons shipping, which is the shipping agent that liaises with the customer, harbour authorities, ships crew and transport company. We have been …
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Customer Wick Harbour Authority Project overview 6/12/2018 Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd. dismantled and removed a lighting tower from Wick Harbour Commercial quay. The lighting tower was over 30 m high, which required our operatives to work at considerable heights. The tower was cut in 4 sections, each approximately …
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Customer McFadyens Project overview Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd. unloaded two vessels: Hendrik-S on 26/09/2018 and Triton on 28/09/2018 that brought onshore wind turbine components to Wick. The components were then transported to Bad a` Cheo windfarm located off the A9 at Achkeepster, Caithness which consists of up to 13 wind …
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Customer Deutsche Bahn Project overview Pipes arrive at Georgemas by rail, where our team unloads them directly onto the lorry or onto the storage at site. Pipes are 18 and 27 m long with 1472 and 1253 mm outer diameter and each pipe weighs around 13 tons. The project will …
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Customer JGC Engineering and technical services Ltd. Project overview Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd conducted the loading of steel units onto trailers at two JGC locations at T3 building in Janetstown and at Harpsdale Workshop and transporting them to Scrabster harbor. One of the units was 7.62 wide and …
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Customer Deutsche Bahn Project overview Since May throughout September Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd has been unloading pipes at Georgemas rail junction. The pipes are loaded at production in Hartlepool and arrive at Georgemas by rail operated by the Deutsche Bahn. The pipes are 12 and 14 m long …
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Customer Seacat Services Ltd. Project overview Hugh Simpson (Contractors) Ltd. lifted offshore support vessel Seacat Intrepid onto the quay in Wick and back into water as it needed some repair done. The vessel was lifted in tandem using 500 T and 350 T cranes, and wire and round slings (basket …
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