Monotower - Schiedam

last sat (21jul07) was a company outing - visiting the Monotower platforms at the HSM yard in Schiedam (near Rotterdam). it was some platforms soon to be completed and shipped to offshore. fortunately, as predicted, it was a sunny day. Yuri and i arrived to the office at around 10.20am, the bus was scheduled to pick us up at 10.30am.

took some pics while waiting for the bus.

main building in Rijkwijk, Kessler Park.


see that dragonfly?


they were some 51 passengers and the bus took approx 30 mins to reach our destination. we had 3 hrs to walk around.

one of the platforms still inside the massive ship yard.


2 more platforms outside where ppl queued to take a short tour. we went up to the one on the right, caravel.


saw a massive crane while waiting for our turn to enter the platforms.



safety first!



some of the pics taken on one of the platforms.




the foundations of the platforms, eventually these massive pipes will be dropped under water supporting the platform all the way from the sea bed.


we went out for a short walk around the port and spotted a much bigger platform, not sure which company it belonged nor what kind of functions it had.