A structure such as a pipeline bundle is pulled into or through shallow water, for example when launching the structure, by applying a tensile pulling force to the structure through rigging that extends to the structure from a winch of a first vessel. The pulling force is at least partially reacted through a pennant line that extends from the first vessel to a second vessel and that hangs between the first and second vessels to engage the seabed soil frictionally. The vessels may also self-propel to contribute their thrust to the pulling force. The pennant line includes a clump weight such as a bundle of chains that can be repositioned easily for additional pulls by being lifted between the vessels before being lowered to the seabed at a new location.


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    Title :

    Pulling Structures into Water


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    Publication date :

    2023-06-15


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS / F16L PIPES , Rohre



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