A summary of Key features of the Shallow Water Utility Barge “Miss Pennie”:

• Shallow draft of 1.2 to 1.3m with thicker keel plate of 16mm for grounding where operations dictate
• Overall layout of the barge with in-built piping system and below deck mooring system conserves deck space during marine operations
• Power generation system with two (2) units of 300 kVA and emergency 25kVA generators and fully integrated switchboard
• 90 tone Crawler crane on deck for lifting support
• Equipped with lifting padeyes for transport by heavy lift vessel
• Equipped with 3 units 18.0 metres independently driven Spuds for Shallow water Pre-trenching (to water depths of approximately 13 metres)
• Centrally controlled (with manual override) 8 point below deck mooring system (10 ton air driven winches c/w compressors and 2 x 22 m³ air receivers) and 1.5 tonnes delta flipper anchors
• In-house DGPS Barge Management Survey system
• Work boat for support work
• Knuckle Boom utility crane
• Designed to support pre-trenching, post trenching, small pipelay and other marine construction operations such as pipeline pre-commissioning, free span corrections and general marine intervention work. Can fulfil multiple functions saving the possible need for additional mobilization of additional expensive marine support vessels
• 2 units CAT 390 long boom excavators with 2.0 m3 buckets to support pre-trenching work
• 90 tonnes long boom excavators provided for pre-trenching support
• Can be fitted with OCS Trailing arm for pre and post trenching in water depths to 30 metres (unique feature)
• 60 tonnes removable stern A-frame
• Barge is strengthened to accommodate a crawler crane up to 200 tonnes capacity in special circumstances