Subsea technology company Seatools has been awarded a contract by Jan De Nul for the design and delivery of a Fall Pipe ROV (FP-ROV) that will form a key system…
Subsea technology company Seatools has been awarded a contract by Jan De Nul for the design and delivery of a Fall Pipe ROV (FP-ROV) that will form a key system of the Belgian contractor’s recently ordered subsea rock installation vessel, the George W. Goethals.
The ROV will play an essential role in the vessel’s mission to protect critical subsea infrastructure by enabling highly accurate and controlled rock placement around cables and foundations, safeguarding assets that underpin global energy transmission.
The Fall Pipe ROV will be installed at the lower end of the vessel’s vertical fall pipe and is responsible for the accurate horizontal positioning of the pipe’s outlet.
In addition, the ROV will be used to perform detailed pre, intermediate, and post-lay surveys, supporting precise subsea rock installation and verification operations.
This enables precise subsea rock installation, a critical operation for the protection and stabilization of subsea infrastructure such as cables and pipelines.
Seatools FP-ROV will feature the company’s proprietary ROV Dynamic Positioning (DP) system, which provides automated and highly accurate subsea positioning. The DP system integrates advanced functions such as Auto-Track, allowing both the ROV and the vessel to automatically follow a predefined track during rock installation.
Delivery of the
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