(With extra pictures) Conquest Offshore’s MB-1 heavy lift barge was the key asset in the largest wreck removal recorded in 2016. Conquest MB-1 removed the Troll Solution jack-up rig from the seabed 30 metres deep of the Bay of Campeche, Mexico.
The accident occurred back in May 2015 when the Troll Solution collapsed during the positioning to carry out maintenance work related to a production platform.
The salvage operations were led by Ardent Global, a salvage and response company. To complete the operation, Ardent deployed the Conquest MB-1 crane barge and non-traditional hoisting technologies with a 1000 ton hydraulic salvage grab. The six pieces that made up the deck house and the 31 pieces from the vessel’s hull were lifted during the course of 2016.
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