News
Order The combined All-RK Offshore fleet, once all vessels
Largest ever
are delivered from the shipyards in 2008 and 2009, will be
one of the most modern fleets in the world, it is claimed. It
contract won
combines Allocean’s existing offshore vessels consisting of
16 AHTS vessels (10 of 5150bhp, six of 10,800bhp) and two
Rolls-Royce has won £72 million of further business in 2750dwt PSVs with the 14 AHTS vessels (10 of 5150bhp
its largest ever offshore marine contract, taking the total and four of 6000bhp) that RKOM has under its control.
order value to £155 million. In June 2007, the company The All-RK Offshore fleet will service the drilling and
announced an £83 million contract to deliver designs and production platforms of major oil companies worldwide
equipment for six new Rolls-Royce offshore service vessels with a strong regional focus on Asia, the Middle East, and
to Nordcapital, which will be operated on their behalf by West Africa.
OSM Schiffahrt. The new order win covers a further four
ships. Order
The vessels, designed by Rolls-Royce and incorporating
a range of its marine equipment, including diesel engines,
Anchor handlers
deck machinery, thrusters, and dynamic positioning
contracted
Norwegian yard Kleven Verft, in cooperation with its sister
yard Myklebust Verft, has signed two contracts with Siem
Offshore for the delivery of two large and environmentally-
friendly Vik Sandvik-designed VS 491 CD anchor handling
vessels. Siem Offshore already has 10 identical vessels under
construction with Kleven Verft and Myklebust Verft. The
total contract value is Nkr1.2 billion. These new orders will
be delivered in October and December 2010.
The combination of environmentally-friendly design
and large capacities make the vessels especially suitable
Nordcapital has now specified Rolls-Royce designs
and systems for the whole of its current building
programme for new offshore vessels.
systems, will be built by the Korean yard Sekwang.
The four UT 786 CD deepwater anchor handling vessels
are Rolls-Royce UT-Design ships which have been highly siem Offshore has ordered two more large anchor
successful in the commercial shipbuilding market, with handling vessels from Kleven Verft.
over 500 vessels built since the mid-1970s and around 100
currently on order.
for operations in the North Sea. The vessels have a length
Business overall of 91.0m, with a beam of 22.0m. Installed power is
Offshore fleet
20.640kW, and capacity on the winch is 500tonnes. Bollard
pull has been calculated at 300tonnes, and accommodation
expansion
has been provided for 60 persons.
The vessels have also been prepared for a number of
Allocean has signed a joint-venture agreement with RK optional features, like high capacity offshore crane, A-
Offshore Management, a Singaporean offshore supply frame, and deck crane, for safe anchor handling.
vessel management company controlled by Robert Knutzen
Shipholdings Ltd (RKSH). Technology
The agreement brings under the joint venture’s manage-
ment a fleet of 34 offshore supply vessels with a market
Gas transport gains
value of approximately US$600 million. Operating from
momentum
Singapore, the company, which will be owned 50/50 by
Allco and RKSH, will be renamed All-RK Offshore. The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) says it is seeing a
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