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Switchboards for
Pioneering Spirit
for oil. Imtech, the Dutch who was entrusted of the construction site.
with the electrical part of the project, wanted The “giant catamaran,” which was named
Imesa for the provision of the main switchboards. after Pioneering Spirit - pioneer in heavy
The president of the Group, Sergio Schiavoni, lifting, was launched on January 26, 2013 and
said: “It was a great pride to take part in this came into operation in 2015. It is 382 meters
amazing project. The total reliability of technical long with a maximum width of 124 meters,
equipment was an essential element and the and it has a displacement at full load from
amount of power that the Pioneering Spirt 900,000 tons, it is able to lift up to 25
needs is very high and it requires a high standard thousand tons at a time and, thanks to
of safety”. Since 2009, a highly specialized team sophisticated technological systems, it is able
of Imesa technicians has followed the progress to work in adverse weather conditions.
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