Normand Ranger Delivered
Normand Ranger for Solstad Offshore is delivered from Ulstein Verft May 5. Completion of the anchor handling vessel has been a challenging task but the shipyard delivers the project to the agreed terms within time. Ulstein Verft won the contract with GIEK and Sparebank 1 SR-Bank for completion of the anchor handling vessel last spring. The ship came to Ulstein Verft from the bankrupt shipyard Karmsund Maritime Service in August 2009. Normand Ranger type VS 490 AHTS from Wärtsilä Ship Design.
Karmsund Awarded $107m Contract
Oil services firm Ezra Holdings said that it has awarded a shipbuilding contract to Norway's Karmsund Maritime Service AS. The vessel will be delivered in the first quarter of 2010, the company said in a statement.
Østensjø Vessels Get VSPs
Two Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) and one multi-functional Offshore Vessel (OSV) with Voith Schneider Propellers will enter service in the North Sea over the next two years. Each of these special ships for the oil and gas industry will be installed with two Voith Schneider Propellers (VSP). Unlike the two 278-ft. ships with identical design, the third one, measuring over 305 ft. in length, will be additionally fitted with a moonpool. This allows launching the on-board submarine robots. They carry out control and repair jobs at extreme water depths. The three vessels are owned by the Norwegian shipowner Østensjø AS. The two 279.5 ft. PSVs with a width of 63 ft. and a draft of 21.3 ft. are currently being built at the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Gondan.
