COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard Co ., Ltd , a subsidiary of the Company's 51% owned COSCO Shipyar d Group Co., Ltd, has delivered a pipelay heavy lift vessel, "SapuraKencana 3500", to its Asian buyer, the company said in its press release. The delivery documents were signed by and between C OSCO Nantong and the buyer recently.
The pipelay heavy lift vessel is designed to carry out multiple functions including oil piping processing, laying, installation and heavy lifting. Classed by ABS, the vessel is capable of working in shallow water of up to 200 meters with a ten-point mooring system. The vessel is also equipped with a DP3 dynamic positioning sys tem, which enables it to carry out heavy-lifting installation of large-scale offshore structures such as platform blocks, modules and jackets, as well as S-type pipe laying operatio ns in water depths of up to 1,500 meters. SapuraKencana 3500 measures 156.4 meters in LOA (le ngth of all), 44.8 meters in breadth, 16.8 meters in depth, with a design draft of 7.4 me ters and a lifting capacity of 3,500 tonnes.