Herschel Island to Hay River Module moves
Dec 8, 2010 SNAME
Northern Point of View History in Northern Canada
• Established 1934 Waterways, AB • Served Western Arctic since 1957 • First to move drill rig by barge to Alaska’s North Slope in 1963 NTCL Offices and Terminals
• Head office located in Edmonton, Alberta • Offices and terminals located in, Hay River Norman Wells, Inuvik, Tuktoyaktuk, Churchill, Halifax and Calgary Assumptions
• Road Truck-able modules • Arriving at Herschel Island (65 feet draft) on ocean going vessels with cranes • Craned onto NTCL barges to Hay River for furtherance by road transportation. Shipping Season – Western Arctic
• MAY 1 - Hay River terminal opens to receive cargo. Capable of year-round operation • JUNE 15 - Northbound shipping starts • AUGUST 1 – Shipping around Pt. Barrow starts • OCTOBER 15 - Fleet heads to home port
Herschel to Hay River Shipping
• August 1 – Approximate date for sailing around Point Barrow, Alaska • August 7 – Offload heavy-lift ship at Herschel Island or Tuktoyaktuk • August 18 – Arrival at Hay River Ocean Going Transfer 1500 Series Barge Naval Architect
• Confirm barge stability with modules loaded • Develop module stow plan • Determine module tie-downs • Robert Allan Ltd – Naval Architects designed the NTCL fleet of barges. Example of Loaded Barge
1,250 ton Doyan Drill Rig NTCL’s Fleet
• 11 mainline tugs, including 2 in Hudson Bay • More than 90 barges • Three Arctic Class II supply ships, Canadian flagged • One 12,000 ton ocean barge Major Exploration Projects – Badami for BP Alaska Badami modules in transit Doyon rig in transit at mile 1060, Mackenzie
Pisurayak Kootook River on the Mackenzie River, south of Inuvik
Henry Christofferson Barges at anchor in the Mackenzie River at Norman Wells, NT.
Hay River Terminal Hay River Terminal
• Over 180 acres of terminal area • Terminal C: 67 acres secure, graveled staging area • Accessible by paved highway and Canada’s most northerly railhead • Forklifts ranging in capacity from 2 to 40 tons • Mobile cranes • Fleet of 1000 - 20 foot ISO containers Syncrolift and rail transfer system The Shipyard
• Capable of handling any size river or coastal vessel or barge • Syncrolift – 1200-ton capacity lift • Shipyard rail transfer system • Marine maintenance building consists of two 100’ x 300’ bays, each equipped with two 20- ton overhead cranes at anchor in Tuktoyaktuk Harbour,
Alex Gordon August 2007, with 1500 and 800-series barges.
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