Van Oord has reached a outstanding milestone with its versatile fallpipe vessel Nordnes. Since 2005, the vessel has put in 20 million tonnes of rock, a report unparalleled within the subsea rock set up market.
Since 2005, Nordnes has been putting in rocks on the seabed to guard and stabilise offshore power infrastructure on tasks all all over the world. In whole, the vessel has now put in a formidable 20 million tonnes of rock. The milestone was achieved whereas engaged on Shell’s Ormen Lange pure gasoline subject mission in Norway.
Nordnes is a part of Van Oord’s fleet of versatile fallpipe vessels, that are extremely environment friendly for subsea rock set up. The vessels are geared up with a novel versatile fallpipe system and distant working autos (ROV), permitting them to put in rock at a excessive degree of accuracy.
Van Oord has led the market in subsea rock set up for greater than 35 years, servicing the offshore power business in pre- and post-lay rock set up on pipelines, cables, scour safety set up, seabed preparation and ballasting providers for offshore constructions.
The Nordnes will not be the one Van Oord report holder. Earlier this yr, the corporate’s versatile fallpipe vessel Stornes put in rock at a record-breaking 1,368 metres under sea degree. Such achievements permit Van Oord to proceed strengthening its place because the market chief for subsea rock set up. Supply: Van Oord
