Royal IHC Launches Sister Pipelay Vessels - MarineLink
The Sapura Jade was ordered by Sapura Navegação Marítima, a joint venture between SapuraKencana and Seadrill. She is the fourth in a series of five fully integrated pipelaying vessels that will be completely designed, engineered and built by IHC. After delivery, the Sapura Jade is, like her sister vessels – the Sapura Diamante, Sapura Topázio and Sapura Ônix – destined to travel to Brazilian waters to develop deep sea oilfields of up to 2,500 meters on behalf of Petrobras. The 550t vessel – like the Sapura Ônix – will be equipped with a pipelaying spread designed and built by IHC, and two below-deck storage carousels, with capacities for 2,500t and 1,500t of product respectively. The construction, launch and delivery of these vessels are on or ahead of schedule, and the performance of the first two working vessels is exceeding expectations. Source: www.marinelink.com
