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LaNaval lays Keel of Multipurpose Vessel for Dutch Company Tideway

LaNaval Shipyard in Spain has laid the keel for the offshore multipurpose vessel Living Stone on the 30^th of December. This new vessel is being built for the Dutch company Tideway, subsidiary of Deme, and will serve the offshore energy market.

Living Stone will be equipped with a fall-pipe and rock installation system as well as cable/umbilical loading and installation facilities. The vessel will also feature subsea construction capabilities and will have dual fuel engines with capacity to use Liquified Natural Gas as a fuel in order to reduce emissions.

LaNaval and Tideway signed the contract for this vessel in January 2015. The keel laying marks the beginning of the building process of the Living Stone at LaNaval’s slipway. Launch is planned for next summer, with delivery scheduled within the first half of 2017.