THE UK OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS FABRICATORS DIRECTORY
2014
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Capabilities and Capacities – Able Seaton Port, Hartlepool
Total Area (m²)
510,000 m²
(100,000 m² dry dock)
Fabrication Area Covered (m²)
9,000 m²
Assembly and Erection Area (m²)
501,000 m²
Cranage – Lifting Capacity and Hook
Height (Tonnes and Metres)
• Various cranage and ancillary plant are available
• Additional cranes can be provided as per
client requirement
Load-Out Capacity (Tonnes)
• 306-metre quays offering up to 65 tonnes m².
Additional quays can be provided according to
clients’ needs
• Land – 10 tonnes/m² uniformly distributed load (UDL)
and 50 tonnes/m² pad loading
• Dry dock – 10 tonnes/m² UDL and 50 tonnes/m²
pad loading
Minimum Water Depth (Metres)
-11.9 metres chart datum (CD)
Maximum Water Depth (Metres)
-20.5 metres CD
Dry-Dock Capability
• Entrance width 121 metres
• Length 376 metres, width 230 metres
• -6.65 metres CD
• Access via 200-metre ramp, gradient 1:15
• Base – concrete beams with granular infill
• Dry dock currently sealed with cofferdam. New gates can
be installed (estimated six months for construction)
Other e.g. Licences, Permissions,
Warehouse and Storage Size,
Engineering, Electrical and Joiners
Workshop Size, etc.
• Marine access for the world’s largest vessels
• Licensed with permissions for fabrication and other
associated activity
• 3,000 m² new office and welfare accommodation
• Site can facilitate 1,000+ employees with car parking
• Rail access is available for goods and freight
• Major projects for BP, Shell and other major operating
companies have been carried out here in the past,
including fabrication of facilities for Brent, Forties and
Ravenspurn
• Located two nautical miles from Tees Fairway Buoy with
easy access to the North Sea
• Channel – 1,270 metres in length, 142 metres wide and
up to -9.5 metres CD
• Current is low at 0.13 metres per second
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