LaNaval Lays Keel for Living Stone

Spain’s LaNaval Shipyard has laid the keel for an offshore multipurpose vessel ordered by the Dutch company Tideway, a subsidiary of DEME Group.

The new vessel, named Living Stone, will be equipped with a fall-pipe and rock installation system, as well as cable/umbilical loading & installation facilities, including subsea construction capabilities.

It will have dual fuel engines with a capacity to use liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel, and will serve transport and installation projects, as well as offshore power cable and umbilical installation projects for, among others, interconnectors for the future European supergrid. The vessel will be able to accommodate 100 persons.

LaNaval and Tideway signed the shipbuilding contract for this vessel in January 2015.

The launching of Living Stone is planned for the summer of 2016, with the delivery scheduled for the first half of 2017.