Watch: Giant floating crane ship arrives in Cork to help dismantle gas platforms

The Thialf, a 14,200 metric ton floating behemoth with two giant cranes will spend the coming weeks dismantling two famous gas platforms off Kinsale

Over the years, the Thialf has been used in several high-profile construction jobs such as installing the Erasmus Bridge in 1995

One of the world’s largest and most powerful heavy lifting floating crane ships has arrived off the Cork coast to begin the final decommissioning stage of two famous gas platforms.

Dramatic aerial footage shows the Thialf, a 14,200 metric ton floating behemoth with two giant cranes, positioned in the Kinsale area gas field, some 30-miles off the south coast.