Heerema Marine Contractors has filed a plan with Canada’s authorities to use its Thialf crane vessel to remove seven platforms at the Sable Offshore Energy Project off Nova Scotia and install new cranes on the Hibernia platform off Newfoundland.

The Dutch contractor has applied to deploy the vessel for about five months between 1 March and 15 October 2020 and hopes to gain clearance from the Canadian Transportation Agency by the start of next month.