Hose tower Sierra Leone

Project information

Project description:

BAM International / BAM Leidingen & Industrie was commissioned by Oryx Energies to engineer and build the petroleum jetty on the Kissy Oil Terminal of Freetown in Sierra Leone.

BAM Leidingen & Industrie commissioned Delmeco Projecten to design and build a new hose tower, which will be placed upon the new jetty. The hose tower serves to manoeuvre hoses to and from a ship for loading and unloading. The cargo generally consists of various types of oils and LPG.

For the subject disciplines engineering, electrical engineering and automation, this commission consisted of:

•  Designing, engineering and drawing the hose tower with subframe and mainframe, the fire protection system, the piping and the electrical part.
• Prefab building of the installation at Delmeco. The installation consists in the main of:
  • A mainframe and a subframe, inclusive of 2 ladder cages;
  • A hydraulic nautical telescopic crane with a 15.5 metre range inclusive of ATEX certified hydraulic winch and hydraulic unit;
  • 6 hydraulic sliding beams with a 5 metre range;
  • 2 control panels;
  • 1 hose 6”  for LPG, including a breakaway coupling and dry break coupling;
  • 5 hoses 10” for petroleum-based products, with hosebun/hose-ling;
  • 1 loading platform for the fire-fighting system, including foam/water fire-monitor;
  • Radio control for the crane and sliding-beams. All the relevant components are designed in EExd (explosion proof) or EExi (intrinsically safe).
  • Performing a FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) at Delmeco;
  • Preparing the installation for transport to Sierra Leone.

In Sierra Leone the hose tower will be mounted on the newly-built Jetty, which is 200 metre of the coast. Together with the customer, a SAT (Site Acceptance Test) will be performed. In addition, Delmeco gives training and instruction to the operational staff.

Within this project Delmeco is responsible for the Turn-Key delivery of the hose towers for all subject disciplines, from design to build.

For more information you can also visit our website: hosetowers.com