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17 Nov 2010

Farstad Orders Unique Wave-Piercing Offshore Vessel

Rolls-Royce received from Farstad Shipping the first order for its new wave-piercing offshore vessel. The bow design will reportedly enable the vessel to pierce through waves in extreme weather conditions, while maintaining constant speed, reducing fuel consumption and enhancing safety. The contract, worth in excess of &19.1 to Rolls-Royce, includes vessel design and a comprehensive integrated power and propulsion system and equipment package for an advanced platform supply vessel (PSV). The contract also includes an option for a second vessel of the same specification and value.

11 Jun 2009

New Wave Piercing Design for Offshore

In at Norshipping 2009 Roll-Royce debuted an innovative wave piercing design for the offshore market, the new UT 790 CD vessel design. “With the UT 790 CD, we can support offshore exploration and production further and deeper while at the same time improving safety and minimizing the impact on the environment,” said Svein Kleven, Rolls-Royce Chief Design Manager – Offshore. The unique hull piercing design is designed to allow the vessel to run continuously at service speeds regardless of the sea state reducing fuel consumption and improving crew comfort.

02 Apr 2003

Technology: Rolls-Royce Debuts New UT Designs

Rolls-Royce introduced a pair of new vessels for its popular UT line of vessels, the UT712 and the UT737L. To be built by Soviknes for Island Offshore and delivered in October 2003, the new UT737L, dubbed Island Frontier, takes multi-tasking to dizzying new heights. Under development for almost three years, according to Svein Kleven, Rolls-Royce Marine AS, the design is an evolution of the UT745E, and is particularly notable that it demanded classification society Det Norske Veritas to create a new classification for the type: Ship Shape Well Intervention Unit 1. North Sea condition with wave height of 4.6 m and tidal current of 3.5 knots.