Bergen Group has, through its subsidiary Bergen Group BMV,
successfully won the tender, and today signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the German shipping company SAL
Schiffahrtskontor Altes Land GmbH & Co. KG ("SAL ") for the
construction of a large next generation advanced construction class
vessel with a DP-3 dynamic positioning system. The vessel is to be
delivered in April 2012 and the contract value is approximately NOK
1.8 billion. The MoU is subject to board approvals.
The CEO of Bergen Group, Pål Engebretsen, characterize the MoU as an
important step: - Our competence within specialized offshore vessel
leads to expansion of our market area and we establish new and
attractive customer relationships.
Skipsteknisk AS in Ålesund has together with SAL developed the
project and will be responsible for the design of the vessel, which
will be suitable for deep water operations on oil & gas fields
worldwide. The vessel is very large, with a length of 175m and
panamax width of 32m. In particular, the vessel will be outfitted for
flexible pipe and umbilical laying, with two carousels below deck,
each with a capacity of 3,500 tonnes. Pipe laying will be carried
out through a client provided VLS (Vertical Laying System) or PPS
(Portable Laying System), which will be placed over the moon pool.
In addition, the vessel will be equipped with a 600 tons offshore
crane. This enables transport of large structures, as well as
placement of such large structures on the seabed. The crane will
lower the structure to a depth of 100m and transfer it to a heave
compensated traction winch system, which will deploy the structure to
a waterdepth up to 3,000m. The ship will be one of the largest oil
field development vessels, with a cargo deck area of 3.000 sqm, and
with ability to carry out any operation related to development of new
oil fields.
"We will be building an extremely advanced vessel with accommodation
for 150 persons, three separate engine rooms, and three separate
propulsion rooms.This will be the first such vessel to be constructed
complying to the latest IMO SPS code. Thus, the vessel will have a
high crew safety factor, while allowing for extremely reliable
operations. This construction represents the core of our competence",
says CEO of Bergen Group BMV, Terje Sjumarken, and adds: "The vessel
will be classified to DP3, and is a continuance of the vessels BN 167
and BN 164, currently being built by Bergen Group for Solstad
Offshore and Aquanos Offshore, respectively".
The German shipping company SAL which currently has a fleet of large
heavy lift vessels with crane capacity up to 1.400 tons, has already
had significant exposure within the oil & gas sector. SAL is 50%
owned by "K"-line, while the remaining 50% is privately owned.
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