Wärtsilä Ship Design to supply design for offshore vessel conversion
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade press release, 25 November 2015 at 10 am EET
Dutch ship owner C-Bed has contracted Wärtsilä Ship Design to supply the design
for rebuilding its Seismic Survey Vessel, the 'Viking II', for use as a hotel
vessel. When completed, the rebuilt ship will be used to accommodate and
transfer service personnel working on offshore wind farms. The rebuild project
is being carried out at the Fayard AS shipyard in Denmark and is expected to be
completed during the first quarter of 2016. The contract with Wärtsilä was
signed in September.
Wärtsilä provided the original designs for the 'Viking II' earlier known as
'Veritas Viking II', which was delivered in 1999 to the original owners,
Eidesvik of Norway. After the conversion, the vessel will have accommodation and
hotel facilities for 125 people and will feature a heave compensated gangway.
The converted vessel will fulfil the requirements for Special Purpose Ships and
will in the future be named 'Wind Innovation'.
"This is a fast delivery project and it was essential that our naval architects
could respond to the owner's needs quickly. This we are able to achieve and our
design will result in a vessel capable of operating efficiently in challenging
sea and weather conditions with a high level of passenger comfort," says Ove H.
Wilhelmsen, Managing Director of Wärtsilä Ship Design Norway.
Wärtsilä has considerable experience in producing designs for the offshore wind
turbine market, both for service vessels as well as for installation
applications. Conversion projects are becoming of increasing interest for owners
since there is a current over-supply of ships in many of the offshore
application markets.
Link to related page on wartsila.com:
Wärtsilä Ship Design
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Caption: The Seismic Survey Vessel will be rebuilt for use as a hotel vessel
according to Wärtsilä Ship Design.
Media contacts:
Mr Ove H. Wilhelmsen
Managing Director
Wärtsilä Ship Design Norway
Wärtsilä Marine Solutions
Direct: +47 53 45 71 18
Mobile: +47 911 61 345
ove.wilhelmsen(at)wartsila.com
Ms Marit Holmlund-Sund
Senior Manager Marketing, Communications, Marine Solutions
Wärtsilä Corporation
Tel: +358 10 709 1439
marit.holmlund-sund(at)wartsila.com
Wärtsilä in brief:
Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine
and energy markets. By emphasising technological innovation and total
efficiency, Wärtsilä maximizes the environmental and economic performance of the
vessels and power plants of its customers.
In 2014, Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 4.8 billion with approximately
17,700 employees. The company has operations in more than 200 locations in
nearly 70 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki, Finland.
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