CARRIER VESSEL FOR SUPPLYING PIPES TO AN UNDERWATER-PIPELINE LAYING VESSEL, AND METHOD AND KIT FOR TRANSFERRING PIPES FROM A CARRIER VESSEL TO AN UNDERWATER-PIPELINE LAYING VESSEL

摘要

A carrier vessel (2), for supplying pipes to a laying vessel (1), has a weather deck (10); a hold (11) for housing the pipes (3); two transfer stations (14) for temporarily housing the pipes (3) in respective given positions, and for guiding a gripping device (38) connected to a crane (7); and two manipulators (13) for gripping the pipes (3) in the hold (11) and releasing the pipes (3), in the respective given positions, inside the transfer station (14).