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Van Oord reinforces rock installation fleet

By: Matthew White 22/05/2018 Van Oord

General Vessels

The latest addition to the Van Oord fleet was unveiled on Monday 21st May at the Wilhelminakade in Rotterdam.

Subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel Bravenes was christened by Ms Yvon van Oord-Barbier, the wife of CEO Pieter van Oord. The christening ceremony marked the start of a two-day event celebrating Van Oords 150th anniversary.

The Bravenes is the third vessel to join Van Oord’s SRI fleet. SRI vessels stabilise and protect subsea pipelines, cables and other structures at depths down to 1,500 metres. Van Oord invests in innovative techniques and ultra-modern equipment such as the Bravenes to maintain its leading position in this market.

The Bravenes has the unique ability to install rock in three different ways. The vessel can install rock through a fallpipe inserted through the moonpool, through a fallpipe over the side, and through a tremie pipe over the side.

Thanks to the latter method, it even can perform subsea rock installation at close proximity to offshore platforms. Combined with its ability to load and install large rocks, this makes the Bravenes ideal for the offshore wind and cable market.

Maurits den Broeder, Van Oord’s Managing Director Offshore said, "The Bravenes is equipped with the latest innovations to improve vessel safety and efficiency, for example a fully automatic fallpipe loading and transport system. The Bravenes will allow Van Oord to maintain its leading position in this market."

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