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Vessels

Making an entrance

The completed ship will be 199.4m the Ceona Amazon will be a specialized

Alan Thorpe examines (654ft) long and 32.2m (105.6ft) wide. It ? oating factory capable of operation, for the latest pipelaying vessels will draw 8.0m (26.25ft), be of 33,000grt the main, independent of land support.

debuting on the market.

and offer not only cabin accommoda- Two 400-ton capacity heavy cranes tion for 200 crew and specialist person- to port and a 30t knuckle boom crane

Two new pipelayers for Ceona nel, but also considerable storage space located amidships on the 4600sq m

The hull of London-based Ceona below-deck for pipes and connecting (49,514sq ft) deck behind the superstruc-

Shipping’s Ceona Amazon has now components. This will guarantee the tures help transport pipes into a special arrived in Bremerhaven, where it will be shipping company a wide area of opera- bending and laying system after they completed by Lloyd Werft (Bremerhaven) tion for the ship, which will lay rigid and have been joined by robotic welding

Work on the quayside at Huisman’s Schiedam facility. Photo from Alan Thorpe.

before sailing to Huisman’s Rotterdam ? exible piping in depths down to 3048m machines. facility for the installation of pipelay- (10,000ft). The pipelaying systems, which ing equipment. The hull was built at the Pipelay will take place via moon pool comprise a 275t vertical-lay system,

Gdansk Crist Shipyard in Gdynia, Poland. and Ceona Amazon will have a DP2 will be installed after the vessel arrives

With a design based on a drillship, the satellite system installed to ensure exact at Huismen’s Schiedam facility in

Ceona Amazon meets all the demands positioning and navigation. The new- Rotterdam, prior entering service for of a special purpose vessel with DP2 build will boast a helipad on the bow, Ceona. dynamic positioning capability. It will be ? tted with seven thrusters at bow and Earlier this year Ceona took delivery also be suitable for operation in remote stern and also have an operational ROV of the 9000grt X-Bow diesel-electric and challenging regions, and can lay that will be able to supervise work taking propelled pipe-layer Polar Onyx. Take ? exible as well as rigid pipes and supply place at great depths. Supplying pipes an in-depth look at the Polar Onyx on lines. for gas and oil directly out of the hold, page 102.

Ceona Amazon The leaving Cryst

Shipyard in Poland. Photo from Ulstein.

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