GALLERY OF WORKS
Noordsea Piplay Project Offshore and Marine Resources.
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Nord Stream Logistics Sites (with legend)
This infographic depicts Nord Stream’s logistics concept, which is being successfully implemented in partnership with EUPEC PipeCoatings. Nord Stream’s logistics concept:
• minimises environmental impact...
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Pipe Carrier Vessel Supplying the Castoro Dieci
A pipe carrier vessel supplies the Castoro Dieci with concrete coated pipes. Fully coated pipe sections are loaded from stockyards via crane onto a barge which supplies the pipelay vessel out at sea..
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Castoro Dieci: Pipe Laying in German Waters
The Castoro Dieci is operating in the shallow waters within Germany’s Greifswalder Bodden, an area inaccessible to large pipelay vessels..
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Castoro Dieci: Receiving Pipes
Concrete coated pipes are delivered to the Castoro Dieci by a pipe carrier vessel. The pipes are transferred by crane onto the vessel’s main deck, which is used for pipe storage, as well as for pipe handling and pipelay...
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Loading of Pipe Carrier Vessel Boa Fortune
Construction of the Nord Stream Pipeline in German waters started in June 2010. Since then, about 60 pipes are being delivered from Mukran to the pipelay vessel Castoro 10 by the pipe carrier vessels Ocea.
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Storage of pipe joints at Mukran, Germany
Pipes that have not been concrete coated are stored by a reach stacker in Mukran, Germany. The pipes will receive a reinforced concrete coating at this site..
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Castoro Dieci: Central Assembly Line
The central assembly line, knows as the firing line, runs through the centre of the vessel. Here, single pipe joints will be welded to the pipeline.
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Castoro Dieci: Receiving Pipes
The Castoro Dieci’s main deck is used for pipe storage, as well as for pipe handling and pipelay equipment..
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Castoro Dieci: Lowering The Pipeline
The pipeline is progressively lowered to its designated place on the seabed. The Castoro Dieci is laying the shortest segment (28 kilometres) of each of the twin pipelines..
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