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Saipem 7000 Enters Istanbul Strait
The giant crane ship Saipem 7000, traveling from Libya to Romania, entered the Istanbul Strait at 05:25. During the passage, the strait was closed to mutual transit ship traffic, and the ship was escorted by tugboats and pilots.
The giant crane ship Saipem 7000, traveling from Libya's Bouri Port to Romania's Constanța Port, entered the Istanbul Strait around 05:25.
The UK-flagged anchor handling vessel Pacific Discovery and the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged tug GH Discovery were assigned to assist the crane ship during its passage. Teams from the General Directorate of Coastal Safety also accompanied the transit.
Turkey's first and largest emergency response, search and rescue, and firefighting ship Nenehatun was positioned alongside Saipem 7000 at the entrance of the strait. Six pilots from Coastal Safety and the tugboats Kurtarma-4, Kurtarma-6, Kurtarma-Nazımtur, Kurtarma-5, and Kurtarma-12 were also involved in the passage operation.
Due to the ship's transit, the Istanbul Strait was closed to mutual transit ship traffic. For a safe passage, it was announced that water would be taken into the ship's ballast tanks and that its tower and cranes would be lowered to reduce its height to 57 meters.
Saipem 7000 is known as a vessel capable of laying pipelines in waters deeper than 2,000 meters. With its twin crane system, it can lift loads up to 14,000 tons in a single operation. The ship stands out with its length of 198 meters, height of 135 meters, and gross tonnage of 117,812.
Previously, the ship laid a 24-inch pipeline at a record depth of 2,150 meters in the Black Sea for the Blue Stream Project, which supplies natural gas from Russia to Turkey.
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