MAN Diesel & Turbo has won an order to supply the main gensets for a multi-layer vessel newbuilding, recently commenced by Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven for British client Ceona.
The 'Ceona Amazon' will be equipped with two 9L32/44CR units and four 8L32/44CR main gensets, providing a total output of 28MW. Each engine will be constructed at MAN's Augsburg production facility in southern Germany and later transported to the company's Frederikshavn, Denmark site for a full electrical test before the gensets' delivery to the shipyard.
"The 32/44CR has gained a strong foothold in the offshore market due to its second-to-none power and SFOC," commented the company, which also reports the new order is the third significant 32/44CR order the company has secured in the offshore market in this year alone.
Based on a drill-ship design, the 'Ceona Amazon' boasts exceptional sea-keeping characteristics, making it ideal for operations in remote and challenging locations.
The multi-layer vessel is a large, advanced, multi-functional dynamically positioned construction vessel. The 'Ceona Amazon' has a large, under-deck storage capacity for line pipe or umbilicals, together with a large deck area that allows the further storage of line pipe and standard, flexible installation reels.
The vessel is fitted with two heave-compensated masthead cranes and a single heave-compensated knuckle boom crane. The pipelay system consists of an inclined lay system and a rigid, pipeline firing-line system. The vessel can lay rigid pipelines, flexible pipelines and umbilicals, and can install large subsea structures using one or both of its cranes in tandem-lift mode to 3,000 metres depth. It does not require a spool base to support its operations and can be remotely operated, making it well suited to overall field development.