Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Verft on Saturday launched the brand new Olympic development service operation vessel (CSOV), Olympic Boreas.
The newbuild is first of two sister vessels for Olympic, designed to help in offshore vitality development tasks and repair assignments.
The launch noticed the vessel towed out the dock corridor and moored quayside for outfitting work.
“The general outfitting work, which consists of accommodation work, electrical installations, piping and mechanical installations, to name a few, is well underway. The external paintwork was completed whilst the vessel was located inside the controlled environment of our dock hall. Also, the commissioning stage of the project has started,” mentioned mission supervisor Helge Torvik at Ulstein Verft.
The contract between Olympic and Ulstein was signed in 2022 and contains the development of two CSOVs at Ulstein Verft. The hulls are constructed by the Crist yard in Poland. The vessels are powered by diesel-electric propulsion with variable velocity and huge battery vitality storage programs. Ulstein Power & Control has been contracted to ship an prolonged energy and automation bundle, together with a big battery provide.
The vessels are primarily based on the ULSTEIN SX222 design from Ulstein Design & Solutions AS and have the novel TWIN X-STERN resolution. They have a size of 89.6m and a beam of 19.2m and accommodate 126 folks in 91 cabins, all with daylight.
