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VESSEL

CASTORONE
PIPELAYING DP 3 VESSEL
CASTORONE
PIPELAYING DP 3 VESSEL

VERSATILITY CAPABILITY RELIABILITY


S-LAY FROM SHALLOW PIPELAY/ROV DP 3, ICE-CLASS, HELIDECK
TO ULTRA-DEEP WATERS

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
MAIN FEATURES DYNAMIC POSITIONING CARGO/TANK CAPACITY
Length overall DP system: fully redundant, Class 3 Deck area: 4,300 m2
(excluding ramp/stinger): 325 m Reference system: 2 x HIPAP 501 Fuel oil: 8,098 m3
Moulded breadth: 39 m for 3,000 m of water depth; 4 x DGPS; Fresh water: 1,400 m3
Operational draft: min. 9.5 m, 2 x Walking Taut Wire Ballast water: 36,000 m3 - 20,000 t
max. 10.6 m pipe storage in cargo holds
Transit draft: 10 m approx. ACCOMMODATIONS
Height (keel to top of mast crane Total: 702 persons ROVs
pedestal): 67.5 m Client offices 2 x work class ROVs
Gross tonnage: 102,032 t Conference rooms Rated for 3,000 m water depth
Max. speed: 14 kn Hospital
Pipelaying capacity: triple joint 12 m Gymnasium HELIDECK
or double joint 18 m Galley mess room 12.8 t, 22.2 D-value
Pipe size up to 48” (60” including Coffee bar Suitable for Super Puma
coating) Cinema and Eurocopter, Sikorsky S61N
Recreation rooms & Sikorsky 92
CLASSIFICATION Satellite television
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) -
A1, Crane Service, Pipe Laying Service, DECK EQUIPMENT
E, AMS, ACCU, DPS-3, RRDA, EHS-P, Main crane: 600 t @ 30 m,
UWILD, TCM, PMP+, CRC, 350 t @ 46 m
Ice class A0, Ice class 1A, Helidk (SRF) Pipe handling cranes: 2 x gantry
cranes 110 t @ 42 m
PROPULSION SYSTEM Pedestal crane: 30 t @ 30 m
Main gensets: 8 x 8,400 kW Knuckle boom crane: 35 t
at 600 rpm each MacGregor crane: 10 t
Emergency generator: 1,200 kW S-lay stern ramp: 120 m long hinged
Power distribution: 2 separate stinger composed of 3 articulated
switchboards 11 kV and adjustable sections
Main shafts: 2 x 8,000 kW Tensioners: 3 x 250 t
with 2 rudders A/R winch: 910 t (6” diam. x 4,003 m
Azimuthal retractable thrusters: length)
6 x 92 t Working stations: 4 welding
Bow tunnel thrusters: 2 x 35 t + 4 completion
Stern tunnel thruster: 35 t Triple joint fabrication shop
below deck
DID YOU
KNOW?
CASTORONE IS ONE
OF THE BIGGEST PIPELAYING
The flagship of Saipem’s fleet, the Castorone is one of the most VESSELS IN THE WORLD
efficient pipelaying vessels in the offshore industry, due to its high AND THE MOST
TECHNOLOGICALLY
production rate and the capability to lay in shallow to ultra-deep ADVANCED
waters in S-lay configuration.

SAIPEM.COM

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