In the area of the wreck of the Norwegian frigate «Helge Ingstad» begins operation on lifting and transportation warship, which the, recall, was almost completely flooded after a collision with the Sola TS tanker near Bergen. Lift operations using the large Gulliver floating crane, which came to the site of the frigate's accident under the flag of Luxembourg. This floating crane was built in 2017 year and belongs to the Belgian-Luxembourg company “Jan De Nul”.
Attention is drawn to the fact, what is the representative office, equipment used to lift the frigate of the NATO country, there is in Russia. This is a branch of "Jan De Nul N.V." in the business center “Neo Geo” (Moscow).
Recall, that with the help of "Gulliver" it is planned to lift the frigate of the Navy of Norway and place it on a barge. After that, the warship will be transported to the port, where experts will assess the damage and conclude the cost of the total restoration work.
The carrying capacity of the floating Gulliver is 4 thousand. tonnes. Total length - 108 m, width - 49 m, draft - about 5 m. At the same time, the displacement of the Norwegian frigate – 5,29 thousand. tonnes. Calculations are currently underway., which would allow the floating crane to lift the crane out of the water without emergency situations, related to crane lifting capacity and frigate displacement.
The Norwegian Navy says, that the operation to lift a sunken warship will take at least 3 weeks. There is a danger “slips” frigate in deep water due to tidal phenomena and sea waves. There is also a danger of breaking the cables of a floating crane “Gulliver” when lifting a warship, filled with water.
NATO frigate sank during major NATO exercises, held in Scandinavia. It's about those very teachings, the problems during the passage of which NATO functionaries managed to blame Russia. Norway claimed, that Russia “interfered with GPS signals”, which led to a shutdown of the equipment or errors in determining the coordinates. The Russian Federation responded by stating that, that the equipment used during the exercises simply could not withstand the harsh northern conditions, and NATO are not ready to recognize technological problems, but they continue to attempt to search “Moscow's hand” in any failure.
