Specially Designed Lifeboats for Pieter Schelte

The Norsafe JYN100 is a conventional Totally Enclosed Lifeboat (TELB) which is designed and built in accordance with the latest NORSOK R-002 standards, with a capacity of 106 persons. The advanced hydraulic davit systems are specially designed for platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pieter Schelte.

“This confirms Norsafe’s versatility and ability to supply life saving appliances (LSA) to all of the World’s most advanced vessels and offshore installations”, said SVP Sales and Marketing Kjell Soerensen in Norsafe Group.

The 382-meter-long and 124-meter-wide dynamically positioned platform installation is specially constructed for demobilization of offshore installations, such as removal of platform decks. The vessel will use its 59 meter wide slot between bows to float in around the Yme platform and then lift off the topside weighing 13,000 metric tons in a single piece. The lifting process will according to the decommissioning plan be completed in under one minute (about eight seconds). The new technique does not involve jacking down of the rig, which results in significant savings.

The vessel will conduct extensive testing in the Netherlands before heading to the North Sea.

Pieter Schelte is also planned to assist in the decommissioning of Shell’s three platforms in the Brent field on British sector of the North Sea.