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there was not one before,” Cor Jan Stam Polarled, where the sea? oor has says. “They were just not able to install rock deep scours from passing icebergs.

at this depth. Now there is the ability and we think it will create its own market.”

Fleet addition

Van Oord also saw an opportunity when it ordered its new vessel,

Deep excavation

Working with a client, Van Oord has cre- the . It wanted to replace

Bravenes ated what it sees as another new market for its oldest ? exible fallpipe ves- the oil and gas industry, through its deep sel , but also wanted to

Tertnes excavation system (DES). Created initially to add a shallow draft vessel to its solve a problem to laying a pipeline down a ? eet, which was also capable of ridge, dropping, for example, from 600m to deeper water work and handling 700m water depth, over only 50m, o