ABB has won a US $12m order to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for a deepwater pipelaying vessel. The vessel, tentatively named Derrick Lay Vessel 2000 (DLV2000), will be built at the Keppel Singmarine yard in Singapore and delivered in 2015 to Hydro Marine Services, a subsidiary of McDermott International. Developed by Keppel’s ship design arm, Marine Technology Development (MTD), the DLV2000 will be equipped to support advanced deepwater pipelaying operations in depths of up to 3,048 m (10,000 ft).
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