Fall Pipe & Mining Vessel Simon Stevin Launched On Friday 13 March 2009

摘要

21 months after placing the order of the fall pipe and mining vessel 'Simon Stevin' with the shipyard Construcciones Navales del Norte in Sestao (Spain), the vessel was launched on 13 March 2009. The 191 m long vessel will be used for precise rock dumping to a depth of 1,700 m. The system for the unfolding of the fall pipe is extremely advanced and operates fully automatically. At the bottom of the fall pipe there is an ROV (Remote Operated Vehicle) that accurately corrects the position of the lower end of the fall pipe. The vessel has a 32,000 ton loading capacity and makes it possible to dump 2,000 tons of rock per hour at a depth of 1,700 m. The vessel can accommodate 70 persons.rnThe fall pipe vessel Simon Stevin will mostly be deployed in the offshore industry in which oil and gas pipes have to be installed at large depths: the Simon Stevin can level the seabed and dump rock up to a depth of 1,700 m.