Cosco Corporation (Singapore) says subsidiary Cosco (Nantong) Shipyard Co. has delivered its converted pipeline-laying vessel M.V. Caesar to its American buyer Helix Energy Solution Group on Nov 25.

M. V. Caesar, classified by Lloyd’s, is 17m high, 30m wide, and 210m long and its living quarter can accommodate about 220 persons.

The conversion project, which was won by Cosco’s unit on Jan 15 2007, involves the building of steel fabrications, the installation of pipeline laying facilities, building of cable systems, upgrading of navigation system and conversion of the vessel’s function from laying cable to laying pipeline.

The vessel, equipped with highly sophisticated 3rd generation DP system and five propellers, can operate in areas of 3,000m under the sea, and is capable of laying the pipeline with a diameter of over 1.2m.