Feature 2
At present there are few players in this design will offer station-keeping to DP2 design, at 130m length overall, and can
sector, and limited availability of units standard, a transit speed of 12knots, accommodate 600, and will also be used
– 25 high-end floatels are currently and facilities that include offices and to accommodate personnel onshore when
available, of which three have ship type conference rooms, Internet room/coffee moored alongside a jetty, in which case
hulls, 22 are semisubmersibles, and bar, two cinemas, two dayrooms, and a its capacity rises to around 1000 beds.
a significant share of these units is on gymnasium. The design also has a good The vessel will be a DP Class 3 ship
longer-term contracts. level of in-built storage, a deadweight with five Voith Schneider Propulsors
Ocean Hotels and other players in the of 10,000tonnes, 1500m
2
deck area, (VSPs), which the company believes
accommodation ship market, such as 7000tonne deckload capacity, and can will offer faster, more precise, and
Edda Accommodation and C&M Group, offer quick mobilisation. accurate positioning with reduced
which is close to completing conversion fuel consumption compared with
of a former Russian icebreaker into Heavy multi-purpose alternatives. This vessel is also expected
an accommodation vessel, believe Apart from their primary role as to be equipped with a telescopic
that newbuild monohulls have several accommodation vessels, such designs will gangway, installed on the 1400m
2
deck.
important advantages compared with be capable of multi-purpose rig support. Classed by DNV, the Edda
semisubmersibles – or, in the case They can provide accommodation, storage Accommodation vessel will have a
of companies that have opted for facilities, and an ability to conduct ROV deadweight of 7500tonnes, a total deck
newbuilds, converted monohulls. operations; they can also handle a diving area of 1400m
2
(including a 260m
2
These include reduced downtime, spread and supply offshore heavylift covered workshop area), and will
better HSE performance, more modern capacity when required. be fitted with a heave compensated
facilities, and faster transit speeds. As Edda Accommodation is part of the knuckleboom crane and two marine
Ocean Hotels notes, its vessels will have Ostensjø Group in Norway, which has been deck cranes. The ship’s helideck will
400 beds, a length of 100m, beam of 30m, involved in the offshore accommodation be suitable for Sikorsky S-61 and S-92
a 150tonne knuckleboom crane, plus market since the 1970s. Its newbuild is types, and will also feature a refuelling
a 10tonne service crane. The VS4004 somewhat larger than the Ocean Hotels plant. NA
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