The company will supply three 550mt tiltable lay systems (TLS) and one 325mt vertical lay system (VLS) for Subsea 7, two 650mt TLS and two 340mt VLS for Technip-DOF, one 275mt VLS and one 570mt multi-lay system for Ceona.
Subsea 7 TLS will be equipped with Huisman squeeze system, while tensioners will be retractable to allow safe installation of subsea infrastructure components, such as umbilicals, risers and flowlines.
IHC will build the vessels for Subsea 7 at its shipyard in the Netherlands.
Technip-DOF TLS order includes baskets and two 50mt SMST knuckle boom cranes, which allow deck handling and deepwater operations.
Vard’s Norwegian and Brazilian arms will build two 650mt and two 340mt vessels, respectively.
Final pipelay system for these orders is set for delivery in early 2017.
An additional contract for Subsea 7 includes a 325mt VLS for its new built DP3 heavy construction and flexible pipelay vessel. Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries will build the vessel.
Huisman will deliver a pipelay system and a 600mt AHC subsea crane for this vessel in 2015.
Orders from Subsea 7 and Technip-DOF are all part of their contracts with Petrobas.
Ceona orders include pipelay systems for its vessels Polar Onyx and Ceona Amazon, while the latter will be built by Lloyd Werft, based on a Huisman vessel design.
Equipment for Polar Onyx and Ceona Amazon will be delivered in 2014.
