Heavy lift offshore support vessel SapuraKencana 3500

New name Sapura Kencana 3500. Originally designed to carry out multiple functions, including oil piping processing, laying, installation and, primarily, heavy lifting. The vessel can work in shallow water of up to 200 metres with a ten-point mooring system. Now working in offshore wind installation. Classifications: +A101OffshoreSupportVessel(pipelay, heavylift, SPS), +AMS(e), DP3, BWE, CPS, ENVIRO, GP, HELIDK, HAB+, UWILD In March and April 2014, COSCO Shipyard Group delivered two derrick lay vessels, Sapura 1200 and Sapura 3500, to Malaysian-based contractor SapuraKencana (The company has been rebranded since then, and is as of 1. august 2025 called Vantris Energy). Ulstein Design & Solutions BV designed both vessels. The Sapura 1200 (original name SapuraKencana 1200), an ULSTEIN DLV 1200 design, was the first unit to be delivered, followed in late April by the Sapura 3500 (original name SapuraKencana 3500), an ULSTEIN DLV 3500 design. Both vessels are designed as self-propelled heavy lift/pipelay vessels featuring 10-point mooring systems for operations in water depths up to 150 m, while they utilise their DP3 systems for deepwater operations. The vessel design contract aimed for maximum efficiency and cost-effectiveness. As such, the vessels feature a single centre joint firing line to optimise pipe laying operations that are not hampered by vertical motions due to roll. Firing lines and the single joint fabrication areas are on a tween deck entirely covered by the main deck, providing a clean and dry environment for the pipelay equipment and an unobstructed main deck for lifting operations.