New Deepwater Construction Vessel Aegir Sets Sail for The Netherlands

Heerema Marine Contractor’s new Deepwater Construction Vessel Aegir set sail, on January 16, for the Netherlands after almost 19 months of construction at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) yard in Okpo, South Korea.

After a short stopover in China, where Aegir will load the first pipe reel using its own 4000 t offshore crane, the vessel will continue her voyage to the Netherlands where the installation of the pipe-lay equipment will be performed at the Huisman yard in Schiedam.

The DP3 class vessel will be capable of executing complex infrastructure and pipeline projects in ultra deep water and will also have sufficient lifting capacity to install fixed platforms in relatively shallow water.

Aegir is scheduled to start work on its first installation project in the Gulf of Mexico in the fourth quarter of 2013.

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Press Release, January 21, 2013