Bakker systems for new offshore pipelayers

摘要

Having brought the electro-technical skills and shipbuilding experience of its partners to bear on the market to increased effect, the Croon Bakker Combination was this year assigned a turnkey engineering contract covering a second, highly sophisticatod offshore vessei ordered in The Netherlands by Scotland-based Subsea 7 (The Naval Architect May 2006, page 40). As with the previously booked newbuild plpelayer Seven Oceans, construction of the 15,000gt Seven Seas has been awarded to Merwede Shipyard at Hardinxveld-Giessendam, to incorporate diesel-electric power and propulsion, and full dynamic positioning. Although similar in hull form, size, and suitability for ultra deepwater construction tasks, the two ships will have complementary faculties. Seven Oceans has been designed mainly for laying rigid pipes, while Seven Seas will offer the capability for flexible as well as rigid pipe.