US contractor McDermott International has unveiled its newly converted ultra-deepwater pipelay and construction vessel, the Amazon, to customers at a christening ceremony in the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
The Amazon's upgraded specifications enable highly automated operations, the production of hex joints from single or double joints using an onboard multi-joint facility and a pipe hold capacity of 10,000 tonnes, the company said.
The increased level of automation, McDermott added, enables a significant reduction in the crew numbers required to safely perform pipelay operations.
