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Friday, 26.04.2024, 13:38
Concrete weight coating begins for Nord Stream 2 pipes
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Since contractually taking over the existing facility in Mukran in February 2017, Wasco has been intensively engaged in preparing for the start of production. Following factory optimisation and strict prequalifying tests, the company has now given the green light for production.
Some 250 Wasco employees are engaged in concrete weight coating and logistics support in Mukran, where a portion of the finished pipes will be kept at an interim storage facility. The remainder of the finished pipes will be transported for storage in the Swedish port of Karlshamn. When construction begins in 2018, the pipes will be transported by the shortest route possible to the pipe-laying vessels.
In addition to Mukran, Germany, and Karlshamn, Sweden, Wasco is also using the Finnish ports of Kotka and Hanko as logistics hubs. Concrete weight coating already began in Kotka at the end of March this year.
With this latest news, the Nord Stream 2 project continues to move forward on schedule.