In 1980 an oil rig of the Italian company Saipem commissioned by Texaco to drill on behalf of the Maltese government 68 nautical miles south-east of Malta had to stop operations after being threatened by a Libyan gunboat.
Saipem | Saipem 7000 |
2009 Deck box lifting and installation of the Saipem Scarabeo 9, marking the world's heaviest topsides crane lift.