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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2012
Stefano Bianchi, Cernusco, IT;
Kimon Tullio Ardavanis, Sanremo, IT;
Michel Pierre Armand Baylot, Saint Paul le Jeune, FR;
Yann Hajeri, Treviso, IT;
Stefano Bianchi, Cernusco, IT;
Kimon Tullio Ardavanis, Sanremo, IT;
Michel Pierre Armand Baylot, Saint Paul le Jeune, FR;
Yann Hajeri, Treviso, IT;
SAIPEM S.P.A., Milan, IT;
Abstract
A pipe-laying vessel including a pipe-laying tower extending upwardly from the vessel, the tower including a first lower section extending upwardly from a proximal end to a distal end above the main deck of the vessel, and a second upper section movably mounted on the first lower section, and the tower having a first pipe-laying configuration for laying pipeline P in which the upper section is positioned above the lower section and pipe is passed from the upper section to the lower section when, in use, it is being laid, and a second stowed configuration in which the second upper section is moved relative to the lower section and the overall height of the tower is reduced.