A structure weighing around 890 tons, built at Mostostal in Gdańsk for a Norwegian offshore project, left Poland over the weekend. It is the largest section produced for the project.

On Saturday, the vessel Meri – a frequent visitor to Tri-City ports – departed from the Zakręt Pięciu Gwizdków quay at the Port of Gdańsk, heading for Norway. The ship specializes in transporting unusual and oversized cargo, and this time was no different. It carried to the Norwegian island of Stord another section of the Hugin A offshore platform manufactured by Mostostal Pomorze. With a weight of 890 tons and dimensions of 27x57x25 meters, it is the largest section produced by Mostostal for the project in terms of both weight and size, and also the largest in size (though not weight) in the company’s history.

Loading of the structure began on the morning of Friday, September 26. Moving it onto the barge alone took about three hours, with sunny and windless weather favoring the operation’s success. Later that same day, the next stage began – securing the cargo on board the Meri. The vessel set sail northward the following evening.

“The planned sailing time to Norway is about three days. There, equipment installation, insulation, and integration of the section with the rest of the platform – which will weigh a total of 30,000 tons – will be carried out,” explains Rafał Grabowski, Project Manager at Mostostal Pomorze.

Work on the section for Aker Solutions took about seven months, including anti-corrosion protection. According to Grabowski, in anti-corrosion treatment and pinning for insulation, the company cooperated with subcontractors, including Muehlhan Polska, which handled conservation and painting work and built access scaffolding with roofing.

Hugin A is an offshore platform being built by Aker Solutions, to be installed on the Yggdrasil oil and gas field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in the North Sea. The operator of the project is Aker BP, with Equinor and Orlen Upstream Norway as license partners. The platform will, among other functions, receive and stabilize crude oil extracted by other facilities in the field, and will also serve as living quarters. It is a key module of the planned infrastructure, acting as a hub connecting all platforms, and the last of four ordered from Mostostal Pomorze. Participation in the Hugin A project is the largest contract in the company’s history in terms of value.

Mostostal Pomorze is one of the leading Polish companies capable of producing large-scale steel structures for both international and domestic markets. It is active in the offshore industry, supplying components for drilling platforms, subsea structures, and offshore wind energy. The company also operates in the petrochemical, construction, infrastructure, and shipbuilding industries.

“Our company’s ambitions are growing. We want to build even larger sections. At this quay we can build sections weighing up to 2,000–3,000 tons,” assures Rafał Grabowski.

“We are proud to take part in projects that shape the future of energy and strengthen Poland’s role in the global supply chain. A huge thank you to the entire team for their commitment and professionalism, which allowed us to reach this important milestone,” emphasizes Arkadiusz Aszyk, President of the Management Board of Mostostal Pomorze.