FREMGANGSMAADE TIL FREMSTILLING OG LAEGNING AF EN ROERLEDNING ELLER ET KABEL UNDER VAND

The invention relates to a method in production and laying a pipeline or a cable under water, comprising production of the pipeline/cable in a desired length, winding it onto a drum, transporting the drum and laying ramp on board a vessel and laying from the drum while the vessel is moving. Winding onto drum (9) is carried out with the drum being mounted in and carried by a drum carrier (10) on land. At a desired time the drum with wound pipeline is taken on board the vessel (13) by sliding drum carrier (10) on a pier (12) or the like, which in the horizontal plane has an overlapping positional cooperation with the correctly ballasted vessel (13,14) to a position in which drum carrier (10) can be taken over by the vessel (13) by a vertical relative movement between drum carrier (10) and a supporting means for it on the vessel. Drum carrier (10) can then, if desired, be slid on supporting means (15) to a desired position on the vessel and be made fast there. A vessel for carrying out the method is also disclosed. And a new ramp unit (26) for use in winding off a pipeline or a cable from or onto the drum is also disclosed.