Offshore set up providers agency Allseas has inaugurated ‘Sandpiper’, its new barge for shallow water offshore building actions.
Allseas mentioned Thursday that the 170-meter barge was inaugurated this week in Singapore with a particular ceremony after a number of upgrading actions in 2022/2023.
The vessel is is a flat-bottom, anchored barge for shallow water offshore building actions, bought by Allseas in 2022 and upgraded for pipelaying in 2022/23.
Sandpiper is provided with a 10-point mooring system, pipelay gear appropriate for laying pipe as much as of 60 inches in diameter, and a piggyback firing line for six.50 inch-diameter pipe. Sandpiper can also be fitted with a davit system that permits her to carry out ‘mid-line’ tie-ins and a 800 t crane for building work.
Sandpiper is deliberate for worldwide operations, primarily in shallow water areas, each in assist of Allseas’ pipelayers and for unbiased contracting. It can lay pipes as much as a water depth of 150 m. Deeper water initiatives are potential with modifications relying on the initiatives specifics.
