AK350Z Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 The Beeb came to work yesterday, so someone had to take them offshore to the jack-up barge. The day was a bit of a grueller! sailed at 11am, me and my colleague Lloyd (not Christmas), plus Producer, camera man, a Well Spoken Man (correspondent), PR mouthpiece for Vattenfall, and a freelance photographer who was setting up some time lapse stuff. Didn't end up sailing back in until well after 9pm, then one hours drive home. Best part of the day was the two slap up meals on the SeaJack, offshore cooking standards remain high I see! They did various bits of filming and audio for TV, radio and Web. I believe it'll be going out on the week starting 14th august, and if I'm really unlucky, you might catch a glimpse of me getting the Frog off the barge. Tug pic for Martin and Lexx: Video: This is a Frog BTW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasso Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 As if I don't see enough tugs and barges as it! The MPI Resolution is in Teesport at the moment getting reading to commence installing the Tees Bay wind farm bases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK350Z Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 As if I don't see enough tugs and barges as it! The MPI Resolution is in Teesport at the moment getting reading to commence installing the Tees Bay wind farm bases. I believe that's where the Sea Jack is heading next after they finish at ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozz Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 We had Nick Knowles at my swansea refinery a few weeks ago filming from someone (BBC maybe). They left my office in a right state as i said they could use it. I was travelling at the time so missed it but apparantly they are doing up some house in the area and our refinery was involved in building much of the surrounding town so they wanted to see our museum (i cannot spell that word!) and discuss our history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Lloyd Christmas, lol. Looks cool. That ships a bit of a beast isnt it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH 370z Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Great pic's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Very cool Anyone else think this was going to be about something TOTALLY different? http://tinyurl.com/3kqgv5x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philb1965 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 The scale of it all is amazing..fantastic pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK350Z Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 Very cool Anyone else think this was going to be about something TOTALLY different? http://tinyurl.com/3kqgv5x Heh, I knew somebody would think that. Dirty minds you see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More Ties! Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 May well have been arranged setting up the GRS shore based antennas for the London Array. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Sweet Some great pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Amazing that pic with the guys working inside the base of where the tower will go. Man they look like ants in comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Clip on 10pm National BBC news last night about the blades being made at H & W and tonight they are showing them being shipped out to a Cumbrian farm and assembled - so it does look as though we are going to see Andrew at work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Clip on 10pm National BBC news last night about the blades being made at H & W and tonight they are showing them being shipped out to a Cumbrian farm and assembled - so it does look as though we are going to see Andrew at work +1 Saw that on the 6pm news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 JESUS those things are big!!! Saw them and though of you AK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 The Port Of Felixstowe had some of the landside assembly going on in our dock basin area a while ago, friggin huge things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK350Z Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 Clip on 10pm National BBC news last night about the blades being made at H & W and tonight they are showing them being shipped out to a Cumbrian farm and assembled - so it does look as though we are going to see Andrew at work Was it? I missed the news last night. Will probably continue for a day or two then. Looks like the BBC microsite for it is live now anyway, so you can see it all at once! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14412189 Timelaspe of the installation is quite cool. I'm just behind the camera on all the Sea Jack stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK350Z Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 Just watched it all, quite impressed! Sadly i missed the day they came back and went up the tower, it could have been me being interviewed instead of Glyn! (no thanks! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vik54 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 On the BBC news at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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