Ship Photos of the Day – Record Launch at Ulstein
On Tuesday night time, yard quantity 302, an offshore development vessel for Island Offshore and Edison Chouest Offshore, was launched from the dock corridor at Ulstein Verft shipyard in Norway.
Measuring near 160 meters in size and with at beam of 30 meters, the vessel is the most important offshore vessel so removed from Ulstein Verft.
The vessel is owned by Island Ventures II, a three way partnership between Norway-based Island Offshore and US-based Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO). The vessel can be handle by ECO, therefore the paint scheme and brand.
The vessel, which can be named Island Venture, is one in every of two ULSTEIN SX165 OCV design vessels ordered by Island Ventures II that includes Ulstein’s patented X-Bow hull design. The different ship is being constructed at ECO’s LaShip yard in Louisiana and is the primary X-bow to be constructed within the United States.
Below is an illustration of the finished vessel.
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