Aker Brattvaag Signs Supplyship Contract
Skipsverft AS has signed a contract with Waveney Shipping Ltd for the building of a platform supply vessel. The contract is worth a total of around NOK 130 million. Brattvaag Skipsverft AS belongs to the Aker Brattvaag Group, which is 100 percent owned by Aker Yards. Rolls-Royce Marine will supply design and equipment worth approximately NOK 30 million.The hull will be built in Romania and the completed vessel is scheduled for delivery in April 2003.The contract with Brattvaag Skipsverft AS is for a platform supply vessel of the type UT 755 L, developed by Rolls-Royce Marine’s design division. The Aker Brattvaag group and the Brevik…
New Cat Engines Offer Fuel Savings, Low Emissions for OSVs
Caterpillar has begun shipment of its new 3500 high displacement engines - units which offer up to 13 percent more power and a seven percent improvement in power-to-weight ratios and a seven percent improvement in fuel economy. The latest OSV to go into the Simon Møkster Shipping AS fleet, Stril Power features a unique four-Caterpillar engine powered diesel electric propulsion system. A new Caterpillar engine-powered diesel electric propulsion system is being touted as delivering fuel savings between 30 and 50 percent. This new system has been recently installed on two new OSVs: Olympic Princess, built by Brattvaag Skipsverft AS in Norway; and Stril Supplier, built by YVC Ysselwarf in Rotterdam.
