Russia

Baydaratskaya Bay is located in the north of Russia, about four days east of Murmansk. Because of the ice, it is only possible to work there for approximately three months of the year. Under extreme conditions, Bontrup successfully delivered stones for the stabilisation of gas pipelines in cooperation with different parties: Tideway, Van Oord, Jan de Nul and MRTS.

Bontrup used two methods to deliver the stones:

– Offshore board-to-board, in which the stone is transferred to a fallpipe vessel or split barge using our self-unloading bulk carrier.
– Using an Underwater Quarry, the stone is placed offshore using GPS.