Construction Vessels

Grup Servicii Petroliere develops a fleet of performant construction vessels, endowed with the latest onboard equipment.

GSP Bigfoot 1 and GSP Bigfoot 2 ensure the Company an extended capacity of servicing the offshore industry.

GSP’s construction vessels cover the offshore heavy lifting, load out, sea fastening and transportation, onsite installation, wind turbine erection operations as well as subsea pipeline, umbilical and cable laying activities.

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GSP Bigfoot 1

DP2 Pipelay Barge, heavylift 400 mT offshore mast crane, 60 mT pipe handling crane, classified under ABS register, LOA (excluding stinger) 135.00 m, 6x2200kW Rolls Royce Azimuth Thrusters, 8 point Mooring Winches, KONGSBERG DP System, KONGSBERG HiPAP 500 system, 200 mT pipelaying capacity, 6×50 mT Pipe Repair Davits, A&R Winch capacity of 200MT, three sections-90m Stinger, helideck–Sikorsky S-61N & S-92 with refueling system, 150HP ROV, accommodation 240 POB, Built in 2010 in GSP Shipyard, upgraded in 2011.

Relevant missions: pipelay, heavy lift works. The pipelay system is based on the single joint S-lay principle. The barge is capable of installing  6” to 60” diameter pipelines.

For more details about GSP Bigfoot 1, please download the technical presentation below.

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GSP Bigfoot 2

Heavy lift and semi-submersible ocean going deck cargo barge, classified under Lloyd’s Register EMEA, class notation + 100A1 submersible pontoon, maximum operating depth 12.26 meters to bottom of keel, deck strengthened for 9.275 tons per square meter, LOA 122,45m, built in 1977 in Japan,  rebuilt in GSP’s North Production Facility – Midia Base.

Current missions: dry heavy marine transportation – offshore drilling rigs, offshore production structures and modules such as jackets, topsides, other heavy floating and non floating cargoes, using the float on / float off method, other offshore installation works.

For more details about GSP Bigfoot 2, please download the technical presentation below.

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