Posidonia: GL contracts Jack Up Platform “Thor” with Hellenic Shipyards

Athens, 3 June 2008 – Hellenic Shipyards has secured a breakthrough contract for the construction of a sea platform to accommodate offshore wind-parks for location in the Baltic and North Seas. The classification of the 70 metre platform “Thor” has been entrusted to Germanischer Lloyd. Mr. Ioannis Manolemis, Member of Hellenic Shipyards Board of Directors, and Dr. Hermann J. Klein, Member of the Executive Board Germanischer Lloyd signed the contract today at Posidonia.

The platform is 70 metres long, 40 metres wide, has a draft of 6 metres and can be operated in water depths of up to 50 metres. It has a crane of 400-tonnes lifting capacity. Each of the windmills on the platform produces between two and five megawatts of power. Delivery is scheduled for April 2009. “Thor” is designed to operate worldwide in harsh environmental limits”, said Mr. Manolemis at the signing ceremony. “It is a project of major importance due to its high complexity and its use in the implementation of breakthrough technology.”

Wind energy, especially offshore, has an enormous potential to contribute substantially to European and global climate protection. The German-owned Greek shipyard secured the order from a German company. The order is the first major commercial newbuilding order won by the largest shipyard in the area of the eastern Mediterranean in the last 22 years.

The classification is performed according to the rules and principles set out in Germanischer Lloyd’s construction rules.

Germanischer Lloyd is represented at Posidonia at Booth 213, Hall 2.

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GL has established a global network of 208 offices in 77 countries. GL conducts the safety surveys on board of more than 6,500 ships with about 74 Mio GT. 126 flag states have authorized GL to perform statutory duties. The current newbuilding orderbook contains about 1,750 vessels with over 36 Mio GT.

Germanischer Lloyd press release