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48 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • DECEMBER 2014

D ramatic changes to the global oil and gas landscape over the last decade have led the industry to encounter in- creasingly challenging and remote envi- ronments including emerging yet largely unexplored new provinces and more complex deepwater territories.

But true to its industrious and adven- turous spirit, the sector is turning these challenges into opportunities and under- pinning this shift to new frontiers is add- ing signifi cant tangible value to the way in which hydrocarbons are recovered.

It is not only enabling the industry to unlock reserves and ensure security of supplies but increasingly improving ef- fi ciency and reducing costs by applying more effective methods that both miti- gate risk and optimise production. The recent drop of oil barrel value has made cost reduction crucial.

With a large product carrying capacity and the ability to tackle multiple pipelay workscopes and perform heavy con- struction in one trip, The Ceona Amazon is a multi-function construction vessel designed to support the energy indus- try in the most logistically challenging deepwater fi eld developments at opti- mised costs.

Built at Crist yard in Poland and outfi t- ted at Lloyd Werft yard in Bremerhaven,

Germany, The Amazon is Ceona’s fl ag- ship vessel.

Conceived in house and fully owned by the company, The Amazon represents the next generation of the company’s fl eet. Ceona is a subsea umbilicals, risers and fl owlines (SURF) contractor with heavy subsea construction capabilities and a growing geographical footprint, particularly in West Africa, the Gulf of

Mexico and Brazil.

GREAT SHIPS OF 2014

Ceona Amazon Next-generation Deepwater Construction Vessels

Ceona Amazon Main Particulars

Length, o.a. ..................................655 ft.

Breadth ........................................106 ft.

Design draft ...................................25 ft.

Gross tonnage ......................33,000 mt

Speed, transit .......................... 14 knots

Speed, service ......................12.4 knots

Dynamic positioning........................DP2

Thrusters ...............................................7

Generator power .................. 37,500 hp

Main moon pool ...................26ft x 44ft

ROV System ..................... Schilling UHD

Classifi cation ......................................GL

Builder ........................Crist Yard, Poland ......................Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven

Flag........................................... Gibraltar

Gross tonnage ......................33,000 mt

Net tonnage ............................ 9,900 mt

DPS .................. Kongsberg K-Pos DP21

Accommodation .......16 x single cabins ..........200 persons: 92 x double cabins

Fuel oil ........................... 123,000 cu. ft.

Fresh water ......................29,000 cu. ft.

Ballast water ................. 443,000 cu. ft.

Heeling water .................124,000 cu. ft.

Power Plant ................... 4 x MAN 8L32/ ...........................44CR @ 6,000hp each .2x MAN 9L32 /44CR @ 6,800hp each

Stern Thruster Group ........ 3 x Azimuth, .............................Steerprop @ 4,700hp

Bow Thruster Group ......3 x Retractable ................ Azimuth, Brunvoll @ 3,800hp .............1 x Tunnel, Brunvoll @ 2,400hp

NAVCOM .......................SAM Electronics ..................................... NACOS Platinum

Tandem Mast Cranes equals effi ciency in operation.

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