Castoro Sei

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The Castoro Sei in the Baltic Sea, south-east of Gotland on contract to Nord Stream, March 2011
Career
Name: Castoro Sei
Owner: Saipem[1]
Operator: Saipem
Port of registry: Nassau, Bahamas
Builder: Fincantieri, Italy
Completed: 1978
Identification: Call sign: C6DF4
IMO number: 8758603
MMSI no: 308162000
General characteristics
Length: 152 m (499 ft)[1]
Beam: 70.5 m (231 ft)[1]
Draught: 15.5 m (51 ft)[1]
Depth: 29.8 m (98 ft)
Speed: 5.8 knots (10.7 km/h; 6.7 mph)[2]
Crew: 330[1]

The Castoro Sei (Italian for Beaver Six) is a column stabilized semi-submersible pipelay vessel. She has an overall length of 152 metres (499 ft), a width of 70.5 metres (231 ft) and an operating draught of 7.8 to 15.5 metres (26 to 51 ft). The Castoro Sei is equipped with 2 rotating gantry cranes 134 tonnes capacity and three 110 tonne pipe tensioners for pipelaying. She provides accommodation for 330 persons.[1]

She was built in 1978 by Fincantieri, and owned and operated by Saipem. Her port of registry is Nassau, Bahamas.

The Castoro Sei has been used for laying a number of pipelines in the Black Sea, North Sea and Mediterranean Sea, including Blue Stream, Greenstream, Medgaz, Trans-Mediterranean, Europipe II, and BBL pipelines.[3][4][5][6] The vessel is also deployed for laying the Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Castoro Sei". Saipem. Retrieved 2010-03-28. 
  2. ↑ "Castoro Sei". Marine Tracker. Retrieved 2010-03-28. 
  3. ↑ Libyan Gas Transmission System (PDF). Royal Boskalis Westminster. Retrieved 2009-07-29. 
  4. ↑ "Update on MEDGAZ offshore pipeline construction works". Steel Guru. 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2010-03-28. 
  5. ↑ "Europipe II fully laid" (Press release). Statoil. 1999-06-04. Retrieved 2010-01-29. 
  6. ↑ "BBL Company Offshore" (Press release). BBL Company. 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-08. 
  7. ↑ Alla Petrova (2010-03-26). "First Nord Stream pipelay vessel enters Baltic Sea". The Baltic Course. Retrieved 2010-03-28. 


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