Ceona Amazon successfully floated at Crist yard, Poland

Ceona has announced that its fully-owned pipelay and heavy subsea construction vessel, the Ceona Amazon, has successfully floated at Crist yard in Poland on 25 April. The vessel is currently being towed to the Lloyd Werft yard in Bremerhaven (Germany) for extensive outfitting.

The flooding of the large dry-dock facility was completed overnight and preparations for the tow continued the following day. On 27 April the vessel was at quayside. With all of the engines, thrusters, winches and other major equipment below her large underdeck now in place, work will continue apace on arrival in Germany.

The Ceona Amazon pipelay vessel

The Ceona Amazon is a 199 m long versatile deepwater field development asset able to offer one-stop-shop offshore trips for clients’ projects.

Thanks to her huge product carrying capacity (5000 t of flexible or 8500 t of rigid pipe) stored on and below her 4600 m² deck, her twin 400 t AHC Masthead cranes working in tandem lifting mode, her innovative on-vessel pipeline fabrication (welding, NDT and FJC) and superior operability (drill ship hull), she is a breakthrough in offshore pipelay, heavy construction and floaters installation services.

Vessel will enter into operation in 2015

Flagship of Ceona’s fleet, the Ceona Amazon will - after completion of the outfitting in Germany - sail to Huisman yard in Schiedam (the Netherlands) for installation of a 570 t pipelay tower and 400 t cranes. She will enter into operations early 2015.

Ceona COO, Stuart Cameron, commented: "We are delighted with the successful completion of this important phase of the Ceona Amazon's construction process. We are really pleased with the quality of the work being performed by Lloyd Werft, and Crist as their subcontractor, and we look forward to the delivery of the completed hull later on in the year.

“By early 2015, we expect the Ceona Amazon to deliver real value to our clients thanks to her amazing versatility, allowing her to operate in multiple pipelay and operational modes”.

Edited from source by Elizabeth Corner

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