Ship&Offshore | Issue 02/2017
Fleet diversification continues
The first of two 6,200dwt multi-purpose sister vessels, the Adhémar de Saint-Venant has been launched at AVIC shipyard in Weihai, China. Ordered by Jan De Nul Group, a marine and civil engineering company, the 96m-long DP2 Adhémar de Saint-Venant will be capable of fulfilling a range of functions, including subsea rock installation through an inclined or flexible fall pipe, subsea trenching, installation of cables and umbilicals, and installation works with a heave-compensated crane. A second ship, the Daniel Bernoulli, will be launched at the shipyard in March.