OJSC Shipbuilding plant "Severnaya Verf" has launched the offshore platform supply vessel (project VS 485 PSV) for the Norwegian company Solvik Hull Supplies II AS (part of the Solvik Offshore Group), the PortNews correspondent reports from the official launching ceremony held in St. Petersburg.The vessel is scheduled for delivery in August - September 2011. The PSV is intended for transportation of mud, methanol, and general cargoes on the open deck, as well as to participate in rescue and fire fighting operations on oil platforms in the North Atlantic. The designer of the vessel is Vik-Sandvik AS (Norway). Classification society - DNV. Flag of Norway. The ship's dimensions: LOA - 85 m, draft - 7 m, DWT – 5,000, cruising speed - 16 knots.
According to Severnaya Shipyard General Director Andrey Fomichev, the approximate cost of the vessel will be around EUR 40 million. This is the second ship built at the shipyard for the Norwegian company. The shipbuilder has bagged a contract for construction of the third vessel. The company has been in talks for building the fourth ship of the series.
The head of the company also noted that "Severnaya Verf" specializes in building all range of vessels to service oil platforms in Norway.
From 2004 St. Petersburg-based OJSC Shipbuilding plant Severnaya Verf (Northern Shipyard) has been part of United Industrial Corporation (Moscow). The main range of products manufactured by the plant includes warships and commercial vessels for various purposes.
Source: Port News
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