RAM Auto pipe spreader goes into operation for the Spliethoff Group.
Spliethoff Shipping approached RAM to help with a major offshore project, handling pipes between Indonesia and Australia. Working together with Spliethoff, RAM produced a universal pipe handling spreader.
The RAM “Octo” pipe-handling spreader is designed to allow the handling of a huge range of pipes from 1 to 3 pipes with diameters from 16 to 60 inches (40 cm to 152 cm) and diameters between 11.8 to 12.7 meters.
Handling Pipes at Quay and Ship to Ship
RAM Octo will first be deployed at the port in Batam, Indonesia, loading the offshore pipes from the quayside into the shipping vessel’s hatch. Another RAM Octo on the shipping vessel crane then transfers the pipes into a transhipment vessel near the coast in Northwest Australia before being transferred again into the pipe laying vessel.
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