Ro-Ro Helsingor

Project Value: £2.5million

Service: Marine civil and structural design

Team 

Client: Danske Statsbaner

Contractor: Marine Development (Glasgow)Ltd

Description 

Kashec developed two neworiginal design concepts for this link span. For the first time “jaws” wereprovided at the frontend of the linkspan to catch the ship’s hull to stabilisethe ship. 

Cylindrical pontoons were used for the first time to minimise theresistance to the movement of the linkspan in the icy sea waters.

Project Design

Kashec provided full marinecivil and structural design services for this scheme. 

The structure consistedof a 25 metre long double lane steel box girder structure with cylindricalpontoon.