DEVICE FOR CONNECTING AND LAYING SUCCESSIVE PARTS OF A SUBMARINE PIPELINE FROM A BOAT AND USES THEREOF

摘要

The invention relates to the laying of a submarine pipeline at sea. The device used comprises a support or laying tower (10) which can be inclined in a variable manner. Said device is characterized in that it comprises a work station (51a) which is borne independently from the tower by a boat and which is advantageously displaceable in order to assemble the successive parts of the pipeline. The invention can be used to lay any type of pipe and to lay two pipes at the same time.