New Wave Media

 

Carousels are used in the storage and transportation of subsea cables, umbilicals and pipes and enable the safe deployment of equipment from a vessel to the seabed.

 

The Carousel was originally built and used on an offshore renewables project in 2014 after ESS identified a supply chain issue surrounding the availability of carousels required for renewables and oil and gas workscopes.

 

ESS managing director, Mark Gillespie, said, “We spotted a gap in the market regarding the supply of carousels and made significant capital investment to design and manufacture a fit-for-purpose carousel for the emerging renewables sector. 

 

“The carousel will be of interest to renewable energy and interconnector operators engaged in cable laying and cable repair work and those requiring short or long term cable storage facilities.”

 

ESS also own complimentary cable lay tensioners (2x10 metric tons) as well as trenching equipment and have the option to adapt or upgrade the capacity of the 800-ton carousel to 2,000 metric tons at their fabrication facility in County Durham.

 

Gillespie added, “The carousel, and other products we have under development, underlines our commitment to designing bespoke engineering solutions which suit particular client requirements.”