Van Oord has christened the subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel, the Bravenes, at the Wilhelminakade in Rotterdam.
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.
According to the company, the Bravenes is an innovative vessel in its class because of its ability to install rocks in three different ways.
The vessel can install rocks 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, the vessel 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, Van Oord said.
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