Derrick Lay Barge DLB 1600
Cummins Vessel Reference #697
The specifications are huge for Valentine Maritime’s new derrick equipped pipe laying barge. Accommodation for 300 people and a 1600-ton crane mounted on a 120 by 31.7 meter (393.6X104-foot) barge. VM’s DLB1600 was built over a three-year period at the Nanjing Tianshun Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., PRC. Registered in Panama, the barge has now been delivered to the Abu Dubai-based owners for work in the Arabian Gulf.
The fully revolving 1600 MT crane is electrically operated with a 70-meter main hook boom and a total of 76.9 meters to the tip of the auxiliary hook boom. The barge is equipped with pipe lay gear capable of laying 4-inch to 60-inch outside diameter pipe to depths of 300 meters.
The sophisticated ten-point mooring system features ten 150-MT single-drum electric driven MacGregor Plimsoll winches each loaded with 1500 meters of 52 m/m-diameter wire rope. All anchor lines are fitted with sensing devices for measuring tension, wire-rope pay in or out length and speed. Closed circuit TV cameras allow the tower to monitor the winch drums.
A 26.8 by 3.3-meter helideck, mounted over the bow of the barge, is suitable for landing a Sikorshy S92/S61N helicopter. In addition to eight single berth, 14 twin-berth and 66 four-berth cabins, each with shower and toilet, the accommodation block includes galley, recreation rooms, hospital and offices.
The extensive construction and accommodation facilities are supported by massive electrical capabilities provided by ten Cummins-powered electric generators. Each of these is comprised of a Cummins KTA50 CP diesel engine driving an 1150 kW generator. The generators are paralleled and synchronized.
For further information:
Eyad Sowan
Business Development Manager-Marine
Cummins Middle East FZE
P.O. Box 17636, Jebel Ali Free Zone South Dubai UAE.
Tel: 971 4 806 0836
Mobile: 971 56 682 4534
Email: eyad.sowan@cummins.com
Karl Gooch
HHP Commercial Marine Business Manager
Cummins Europe, Middle East & CIS
Tel: 44 0 1327 886310
Mobile: 44 0 7917 064998
Mobex: 777 2266
Email: karl.b.gooch@cummins.com
Alan Haig-Brown
Over 30 years as an author for global commercial marine and fishing publications backed with hands-on experience on commercial fishing boats and coastal freighters makes Alan Haig-Brown uniquely qualified to provide vessel reference articles for Cummins Marine. You can find him in shipyards around the world, and on his own website, www.haig-brown.com.
