Arrangement for loading monopiles onto a vessel deck

An arrangement for loading an elongated element onto a support surface of a floating body such as a vessel, the arrangement comprising:

• a hoisting device;
• a storage system comprising one or more storage structures, each storage structure adapted for holding an individual elongated element in lying condition while being sea-fastened, wherein the length direction of a held elongated element corresponds to the longitudinal direction of the arrangement;
• wherein:
• the arrangement comprises at least one longitudinal and a transverse skidding system, operable independently,
• the longitudinal and transverse skidding system each comprising one or more transport carts displaceable over the support surface according to a path in longitudinal respectively transverse direction, and
• any of the transport carts being equipped with a support cradle, the one or more support cradles of both the longitudinal and transverse skidding system being adapted to carry an elongated element extending in longitudinal direction;
• the arrangement is adapted for
• receiving an elongated element loaded with the hoisting device by the longitudinal skidding system;
• transporting an elongated element in longitudinal direction by means of the longitudinal skidding system;
• transferring an elongated element between the longitudinal skidding system and the transverse skidding system;
• transporting an elongated element in transverse direction by means of the transverse skidding system;
• transferring an elongated element between the transverse skidding system and any of the respective storage structures of the storage system.