Uploaded by USEmbassyTelAviv on Oct 24, 2011
Ambassador Dan Shapiro visits the Solitaire vessel which is laying the pipeline for the Tamar gas field in the east basin of the Mediterranean. The "Solitaire" is the largest pipe-laying ship in the world at 300 meters long and 96,000 tones. When fully operational she has a crew of 420, a pipe carrying capacity of 22,000 tons and a pipe lay speed of more than 9 km a day.
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