16/09/2009 Near Sable Island laying pipe on Encana Deep Panuke gas production pipeline with Cougar Helicopter S-92 on flight deck.

Lorelay was the world's first pipelay vessel with dynamic positioning.

Length overall excluding stinger
183 m (600 ft)
Transit speed
16 knots
Accommodation
216 men
Dynamic positioning system
NMD Class 3 / LR DP (AAA), type Simrad Kongsberg SDP 521 & SDP 11 BU, fully redundant
Cranes
One pipe transfer crane of 16 t (35 kips) at 33 m (108 ft); one mast crane of 300 t (661 kips) at 14 m (46 ft), heave compensated
Working stations
7 (single joint) welding stations, 1 NDT station and 2 coating stations
Tensioner capacity
3 x 55 t (121 kips) at 20 m / min (66 ft/min); optional 4th tensioner of 100 t (221 kips) aft of coating station
Pipe diameters
From 2" to 36" O.D.