Scotload Ltd. (United Kingdom) - 1000 Tonne Scotload Load Monitoring Shackle in use with China’s National Offshore Oil Corporation:
- Required urgently for a 600 tonne draw-works load test with a 50% safety allowance
- Scotload was able to ship a 1000 tonne load shackle, from stock, within a matter of days
- Scotload’s in-house test machines allow for calibrations to be carried out on-site, reducing lead times for products
Scotload has recently supplied a 1000 tonne load monitoring shackle, one of very few shackles of that size to be manufactured, to perform vital load testing of a 600 tonne draw works at a China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) site, used to raise and lower the umbilical hose in an FPSO. The shackle was needed urgently and CNOOC required a 50% safety allowance.
The load monitoring shackle was supplied to CNOOC by Scotload’s distributor in China, Trusland Offshore Services Limited. The 1000 tonne load shackle was required urgently to perform vital testing work but due to the limited demand for shackles of this size, lead time’s to build from scratch were in the region of 10-12 weeks. The Scotload shackle was selected as it had been built for stock, meaning it was available to ship in days rather than months and was also able to fulfil the 50% safety allowance required by the customer.
Paul Yan, general manager at Trusland Offshore Services limited, says:
“Trusland Offshore Services Limited and Scotload were able to supply an uncommon size of load shackle from stock, ensuring the customer received the shackle quickly which was vital for the success of their testing. This is further evidence of the benefit of the close partnership between the two companies.”
Scotload is well equipped for challenges of this size thanks to its key partnerships with testing houses in the UK, which meant that Scotload could supply products quickly with complete calibration certification, traceable to UK national standards in a matter of days.
Josh Jones at Scotload says:
“We were delighted to be able to support our key distributor with this urgent requirement. In this instance we were able to source and supply a highly specialist, heavy duty piece of equipment at very short notice. I doubt there are many companies in the sector that could have matched this turnaround.”
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