Castoro Sei
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| Name: | Castoro Sei |
| Owner: | Saipem[1] |
| Operator: | Saipem |
| Port of registry: | Nassau, Bahamas |
| Builder: | Fincantieri, Italy |
| Completed: | 1978 |
| Identification: |
Call sign: C6DF4 IMO number: 8758603 MMSI no: 308162000 |
| General characteristics | |
| Length: | 152 metres (499 ft)[1] |
| Beam: | 70.5 metres (231 ft)[1] |
| Draught: | 15.5 metres (51 ft)[1] |
| Depth: | 29.8 metres (98 ft) |
| Speed: | 5.8 knots (10.7 km/h; 6.7 mph)[2] |
| Crew: | 330[1] |
The Castoro Sei is a column stabilized semi-submersible pipelay vessel. She has an overall length of 152 metres (499 ft), a width of 70.5 metres (231 ft) and a operating draught of 7.8 to 15.5 metres (26 to 51 ft). The Castoro Sei is equipped with 2 rotating gantry cranes 134 tonnes capacity and three 110 tonne pipe tensioners for pipelaying. She provides accommodation for 330 persons.[1]
She was built in 1978 by Fincantieri, and owned and operated by Saipem. Her port of registry is Nassau, Bahamas.
The Castoro Sey has been used for laying a number of pipelines in North Sea and Mediterranean Sea, including Greenstream, Medgaz, Trans-Mediterranean, and Europipe II pipelines.[3][4][5] The vessel is also deployed for laying the Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Castoro Sei". Saipem. http://www.saipem.it/site/article.jsp?idArticle=5399&instance=2&node=2012&channel=2&ext=template/37DueColonne&int=article/1DefaultArticolo. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ↑ "Castoro Sei". Marine Tracker. http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?mmsi=308162000. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ↑ (PDF) Libyan Gas Transmission System. Royal Boskalis Westminster. http://www.boskalis.com/media/downloads/nl_NL/Projecten/Azie/Libia%20-%20Libyan%20gas%20transmission%20system.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ↑ "Update on MEDGAZ offshore pipeline construction works". Steel Guru. 2008-12-28. http://steelguru.com/news/index/2008/12/28/NzY3MjY%3D/Update_on_MEDGAZ_offshore_pipeline_construction_works.html. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ↑ Statoil (1999-06-04). "Europipe II fully laid". Press release. http://www.statoil.com/en/NewsAndMedia/News/1999/Pages/EuropipeIIFullyLaid.aspx. Retrieved 2010-01-29.
- ↑ Alla Petrova (2010-03-26). "First Nord Stream pipelay vessel enters Baltic Sea". The Baltic Course. http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/transport/?doc=25206. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
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