Schelde off Vlissingen, Netherlands 15 September 2013
Panama-flagged, IMO 9305130, MMSI 371754000 and calsign 3EEB4. Ex-Geeview renamed December 2005. Gross tonnage 56.172 tons, summer deadweight 31.464 tons and as dimensions 217 (between perpendiculars)-225-(over all excluded stinger)-327 (overall included stinger) x 32 x 15 metres or 712‘x 738‘x 1.073‘x 105‘x ?. The total installed power allows a maximum speed of 16 knots. Accommodation for 270 persons. Pipe transfer crane 30 tons at 33 metres, 150 tons special purpose crane at 20 metres and a 550 tons PLET installation frame. Built in 2005 by the Jiangnan Shipyard Group, Shangjai, China. Owned by Audacia, Chatel St. Denis, Switzerland and managed by Allseas, Engineering, Delft, Netherlands. Originally the Panamax bulk carrier Geeview bought in August 2005 and converted into a pipe layer which was done between January 2006-early December 2007 at the Dutch shipyard Keppel Verolme Shipyard at Rozenburg; she arrived at the yard in December 2005. Sea trials on the North Sea end September 2007.
