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| The operation consisted of the transfer by helicopter of a pilot from the Cruise Terminal to the Scarabeo 9 oil platform | The Port of Cartagena has carried out an unusual operation this morning with the transfer by helicopter of a pilot from the Cruise Terminal to the Scarabeo 9 oil platform, for their subsequent transfer to the long-stay dock in the Escombreras Dock where they will be taken to carried out repairs, for approximately six months. In the device, which have been present the president of the Port Authority, Yolanda Muñoz, and the general director, Fermín, Muñoz has said that "it is the first time that the Corporation of Pilots has proposed the use of this operation because it is the fastest and safest option of transferring qualified personnel to this device for docking in the Escombreras Dock ", where the operation has been carried out according to the established deadlines.

The Scarabeo 9 oil rig, owned by the multinational Saipem, is a sixth-generation semi-submersible device of the so-called ultra deep water (up to 3,600 meters deep) and self-propelled.

In service since 2012, its main dimensions are: length 115 meters, beam 78 meters, draft 23 meters (although it enters port with 17 meters) and, 36863 GT. The president of the APC stressed that "our strategic positioning in the Mediterranean axis and the quality of our services are allowing companies to choose Cartagena as a safe port for the offshore industry" and recalled that "it is a new line of business for which we are betting from the Port of Cartagena, taking advantage of the opportunities offered by the city where we have the Navantia shipyard and various technology and engineering centers related to the sector. Offshore platforms are installations that are totally or partially submerged some distance from the coast, normally dedicated to the extraction of oil or gas.

Since 2018, 5 vessels, Transocean 706, (semi-submersible drilling rig), Castorone (pipe laying vessel), Drillship Atwood Advantage, Saipem 700, the second largest vessel, have been docked in prolonged stay for refurbishment and maintenance work.

semi-submersible crane in the world and the Stena Icemax platform, in stays lasting from three months to eight.

Source: Agencias