Jan De Nul Group orders new multipurpose vessel
Published by Elizabeth Corner,
Senior Editor
Oilfield Technology,
Last week, Jan De Nul Group ordered a new vessel at the Uljanik Shipyard in Pula, Croatia.
The vessel with a deadweight of 10 500 t and a total length of 138 m will be a multipurpose vessel. It will be a trenching and offshore support vessel, a subsea rock installation vessel and a cable laying vessel.
In the cable laying mode, the vessel will be able to install up to 10 000 t of cable and will thereto be equipped with a 5500 t capacity turntable above deck and a 4500 t capacity turntable below deck along with tensioners as required by the project, chute and auxiliary equipment.
In the subsea rock installation mode, the vessel will be able to install up to 10 000 t of rock in a single load by using the aft stone hopper with a capacity of 3000 t and the midship hopper with a capacity of 7000 t along with the two excavators and the fall pipe for accurate rock installation at up to 200 m water depth.
In the combination mode any combination of the above will be possible up to the carrying capacity of the vessel.
The vessel will be delivered in 2015 and will be the 76th vessel in the fleet of Jan De Nul Group.
Adapted from press release by Elizabeth Corner
Read the article online at: https://www.oilfieldtechnology.com/drilling-and-production/14082013/jan_de_nul_group_orders_new_multipurpose_vessel/
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