Patent ID: 8858121

Claim:
An arrangement on board a vessel to be able to strap at least one cable to a pipeline during continuous and contemporary laying of a strapped pipe bundle into a sea, the arrangement comprising: at least one strapping machine arranged to be movable forward together with the at least one cable and the pipeline in order to perform a strapping operation in concert with a forward advancement of the at least one cable and the pipeline, and moveable rearwards relative to the at least one cable and the pipeline for repositioning to a next strapping operation such that the application of a strap or straps takes place intermittently under the continuous laying of the strapped pipe bundle; a continuous motorized advancement device configured to feed a cable bundle including the at least one cable and the pipeline towards the at least one strapping machine and further into the sea; and an S-forming device configured to shape the at least one cable that rests against the pipeline into an S-form.