Upgrading a dumb cable lay barge with dynamically positioning capabilities (DP-2 Class)

MAIN PARTICULARS

• Length overall: 124.319 m
• Length PP: 118.887 m
• Length Load Line: 114.132 m
• Breadth: 31.60 m
• Depth: 6.80 m
• Draught (mld): 4.938 m
• Lightship: 6.460 t
• Displacement: 16.900 t
• Cable cargo: 6.800 t

CONVERSION WORKS

• Production of Classification and Design Documentation
• Extension of the barge for 10 meters
• Total 1400 tons of steel installed
• New Bulbous Bow fabricated, assembled and mounted
• New Aft Engine Room Section to accommodate two Diesel engine driven Voith Schneider propellers
• New Forward Engine Room Section with two diesel electric generating sets, powering two Wartsila azimuth thrusters, and two tunnel thrusters
• Two new decks on the accommodation block
• Fully equipped Bridge Control Room and additional accommodation facilities
• Total 155 tons of pipeline installed
• Total 145 km of electrical cables installed
• Latest generation of propulsion equipment and automation systems installed, integrated, commissioned and completed including DP proving trials
• Installation of sophisticated cable lay equipment
• Production and installation of Pick Up Arm
• Installation of sophisticated NOx reducing system, compliant with IMO Tier 3 standard
• Installation of Urea Solution Production Plant developed for this vessel

MACHINERY

• 2 x Wartsila Gen Sets - 5 MW
• 2 x Wartsila engines - 5,4 MW
• 2 x Voith Schneider Propeller - 4,8 MW
• 2 x Wartsila steerable thruster - 2 MW
• 2 x Wartsila tunnel thrusters - 2,5 MW
• 4 x Wartsila SCR exhaust gas treatment systems