Sea Trucks Group says it is "delighted" to report ongoing outstanding performance of its recently delivered multi-purpose DP3 crane/pipelay vessel Jascon 25 in its first six months of operation supporting a major SURF installation project in North West Australia, on behalf of the Seastream Joint Venture.

Recently, Jascon 25 commenced installation of flexible flowlines, risers and umbilicals with SAS supplied pipelay system. The vessel was able to install a 10in flexible production line in wind speeds of over 30 knots and significant wave heights exceeding 4m.

"In these weather conditions Jascon 25 remained stable and was able to safely continue operations whilst other SURF vessels in the same field location were on weather standby," said the company.

Fraser Moore, Vice President Operations at Sea Trucks Group, said: The outstanding performance of Jascon 25 in its SURF installation mode during challenging weather conditions was a great achievement for the vessel, its crew and the Seastream project team. It is all the more remarkable when noted that the Jascon 25 is also able to offer our clients steel pipelay installation (on DP), Floatel services with over 350 beds available and a very competitive transit speed."

"We believe that this exceptionally competitive performance in the SURF market segment demonstrates the excellent capabilities of the vessel and shows the great potential of the Sea Trucks Group 'hybrid' vessel design philosophy. We now look forward to the successful completion of this project.