The Northern Endeavour has arrived in Denmark, as it moves towards the last stages of its eventful life.
Confirmed by sources who spoke to ENB on the condition of anonymity and verified by vessel tracking platforms, the 274 m long floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO), is currently anchored at sea off the coast of the Danish port of Frederikshavn.
The vessel is on the back of the Cosco Hua Rui Long heavy lift vessel (HLV), one of the biggest such carriers in the world.
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In September the anchor chains for the Northern Endeavour - which for many years served Woodside in the Laminaria and Corallina fields to the north of Australia – were cut, to enable it to leave the fields to make the 18 days journey to Singapore for some or some remedial repair work.
In February - with its flare tower removed, tanks and hull cleaned and painted, and hull protrusions trimmed - the mammoth piggy-back journey started.
Having left Singapore it travelled across the Indian Ocean and in late February transited the Suez Canal. Then it sailed through the Mediterranean Sea, out through the Strait of Gibraltar, skirting around Portugal and France, through the English Channel into the North Sea and on to Denmark.
Soon it will move into Modern American Recycling Services (MARS)'s Frederikshavn shipyard where it will be dismantled.
Click here to read ENB's deep dive on the Northern Endeavour's history.
