^[1]The jacket fabricated in GSP Shipyard for the second phase of the Akcakoca field development was lifted and loaded out onboard GSP Bigfoot 2. The steel construction, 101 meters long, was fabricated under an offshore construction contract for the Turkish Petroleum (TPAO).

The load out operation was carried out as planned, under the supervision of the project management team and the beneficiary’s representatives. For the load out operation GSP mobilized GSP Neptun, the heavy lift floating crane (1800 tons) for lifting and loading out the jacket; GSP Bigfoot 2, the semisubmersible barge; GSP Queen, the AHTS vessel assisting the heavy lift crane.

The last preparative are carried out onboard the semisubmersible barge, as the technical vessel prepares to head out towards the installation location, in Western Black Sea.