To handle the new heavyweight anchors required for rigs operating in extreme depths off Brazil, Rolls-Royce has developed a tailor made solution.

Two torpedo anchor-handling systems will be installed on two anchor-handling vessels to be built for the Norwegian shipowner DOF.

Brazilian oil giant Petrobras has developed the torpedo anchor to meet the challenges of the depth and seabed conditions encountered off the country, and have chosen the Rolls-Royce solution for safe and effective handling the anchors on and off the vessel.

The torpedo anchor itself weighs a massive 130 tonnes whereas a conventional regular anchor weighs in at 22 tonnes.

The torpedo anchor handling equipment is part of a complete winch and Safer Deck Operations equipment package.

Press Release, February 12, 2013