Nord Stream 2 says signs deal with Allseas on offshore pipe laying

MOSCOW (Reuters) -- The operator of the Nord Stream 2 project said on Tuesday it had signed a contract with Swiss company Allseas for the offshore laying of natural gas pipelines along the bed of the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany.

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The company will lay pipelines offshore in 2018 and 2019. Allseas will use three pipelaying vessels: Pioneering Spirit, Solitaire and Audacia.

The contract follows a letter of intent agreed between both parties last December. Russia's Gazprom is the only shareholder of Nord Stream 2.

Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin and Oksana Kobzeva; Editing by Alexander Winning

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