摘要 |
The present invention relates to a pipe section (10), constructed to be joined end-to-end to a same pipe section in order to form a pipeline which is laid from a pipeline laying vessel, the pipe section having a pipe has a greater wall thickness than the wall thickness of a main part of the pipe wall (15), the pipe section comprising a thickened gripping zone (20) which section, wherein the thickened gripping zone has a length (22) and a wall thickness which are constructed and arranged to allow a shear clamp (45) having protrusions (48) to grip the thickened gripping zone in order to suspend the pipeline from the pipeline laying vessel via the thickened gripping zone. |