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0. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................70.0 General ..........................................................................................................................................70.1 Code of Safety for Special Purpose Ships (2008) .................................................................................101. SEISMIC SHIPS ............................................................................................................................151.0 General ................................................................................................................................................151.1 Seismic Ships GEO CASPIAN and GEO CORAL ......................................................................................181.2 X-Bow Seismic Research Vessel OCEANIC VEGA .................................................................................241.3 Seismographic Research Ship AMAZON WARRIOR .............................................................................251.4 RAMFORM TITAN – class Seismic Vessels ...........................................................................................272. OFFSHORE STRUCTURES ............................................................................................................292.1 MobileOffshoreDrillingUnits .............................................................................................................292.1.1 DrillshipGLOMARC.R.LUIGS ..............................................................................................................312.1.2 Ultra-deepwaterDrillshipDISCOVERERCLEARLEADER ......................................................................322.2 OffshoreProductionandStorageInstallations ....................................................................................332.3 Kvitebjørn Gas and Condensate Field ..................................................................................................373. PLATFORM SUPPLY VESSELS ......................................................................................................393.0 General ................................................................................................................................................393.1 PlatformSupplyVesselEDDAFRAM ...................................................................................................423.2 Voith-Schneider Propulsor ..................................................................................................................463.3 PlatformSupplyVesselVIKINGENERGY .............................................................................................473.4 PlatformSupply,RescueandStandbyVesselSTRILMERMAID ...........................................................483.5 Hopper and Blow-Pump Bulk Handling System from CARGOTEC........................................................503.6 REMHRIST-PSVwithmulti-applicationtanksandwetexhaustsystem ............................................523.7 IcebreakerstandbyPSVVITUSBERING ...............................................................................................543.8 PSVSIEMPRIDE ...................................................................................................................................604. ANCHOR HANDLING VESSELS ...................................................................................................654.0 General ................................................................................................................................................654.1 Anchor Handling Equipment ...............................................................................................................694.2 OffshoreMooringEquipment .............................................................................................................744.3 AHTSVesselOLYMPICOCTOPUS ........................................................................................................804.4 RimDriveThruster ..............................................................................................................................814.5 AHTSVesselBOURBONORCA .............................................................................................................814.6 SIEMPEARLVS491CD-theAHTSwithhybridpropulsionsystemandSCR ........................................835. SUBSEA SUPPORT VESSELS ........................................................................................................895.0 General ...............................................................................................................................................895.1 ActiveHeave-CompensationTechnology(AHC) ..................................................................................935.2 Utra-DeepwaterLiftingSystemfromMacGregor ................................................................................945.3 Remote Operated Vehicles ..................................................................................................................955.4 Multi-PurposeSupportVesselATLANTISDWELLER ..........................................................................1015.5 Multi-PurposeConstructionVesselNORMANDINSTALLER ..............................................................1065.6 OffshoreConstructionVesselNORMANDSEVEN ..............................................................................1135.7 OffshoreConstructionVesselHOSIRONHORSE ...............................................................................1145.8 FARSAMSON–theMultifunctionalPlough/Tug/Supply/SubseaVessel ...........................................1165.9 IMRVesselSEVENVIKING-ShipoftheYear2013 ............................................................................1175.10 SubseaVesselISLANDPERFOMER ....................................................................................................1206. DIVING SUPPORT VESSELS .......................................................................................................1226.0 General ..............................................................................................................................................122
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6.1 DivingSystemofADAMSCHALLENGE ...............................................................................................1256.2 SpecificationoftheModularC300SaturationDivingSystem ...........................................................1266.3 DiveSupportVesselSEVENATLANTIC ...............................................................................................1297. PIPELAYING VESSELS ................................................................................................................1317.1 Pipelaying methods ...........................................................................................................................1317.2 Pipelaying Equipment........................................................................................................................1357.3 Pipe Handling Equipment ..................................................................................................................1397.4 PipelayandConstructionvesselDEEPBLUE .....................................................................................1407.5 Reeled Rigid Pipelaying Ship SEVEN OCEANS ...................................................................................1427.6 Reeled Rigid Pipelaying Ship APACHE II .............................................................................................1467.7 FlexiblePipelayingShipSEVENSEAS .................................................................................................1477.8 High-capacityFlexiblePipelayandConstructionVesselPOLARONYX ..............................................1487.9 PipelayandConstructionVesselCEONAAMAZON ...........................................................................1507.10 Pipelay/HeavyLiftvesselSEVENBOREALIS .......................................................................................1537.11 PipelayandConstructionVesselLEWEKCONSTELLATION ................................................................1557.12 Crane vessel OLEG STRASHNOV ........................................................................................................1578. CABLE LAYING AND REPAIR VESSELS .......................................................................................1598.0 Cable Handling Equipment ...............................................................................................................1598.1 CablelayerNEXUS .............................................................................................................................1628.2 Cable-lying Ship LEWEK CONNECTOR ...............................................................................................1668.3 CableLayerPIERREDEFORMAT ........................................................................................................1688.4 CableLayer/SubseaRockInstallationVesselISAACNEWTON ...........................................................1689. SUBSEA WELL INTERVENTION VESSELS ..................................................................................1719.0 General ..............................................................................................................................................1719.1 RiserlessLightWellIntervention(RLWI)System ...............................................................................1729.2 CompletionWorkoverRiserSystem ..................................................................................................1729.3 RiserlessLightWellInterventionVesselISLANDFRONTIER ..............................................................1738.4 LightWellInterventionVesselWELLENHANCER ..............................................................................1759.5 SubseaIMRandROVSupportVesselEDDAFAUNA .........................................................................1769.6 SubseaRiserlessWellInterventionVesselISLANDWELLSERVER ......................................................1839.7 SubseaServiceVesselSKANDIAKER .................................................................................................18410. EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RESCUE VESSELS ......................................................................18510.0 General ..............................................................................................................................................18510.1 STRILPOSEIDON-theRapidResponse/RescueandMultipurposeFieldSupportVessel .................18910.2 RescueandStandbyvesselESVAGTAURORA ...................................................................................19011. WIND TURBINE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE UNITS ..................................................19211.0 General ..............................................................................................................................................19211.1 WindTurbineInstallationVessel .......................................................................................................19511.2 BRAVE TERN ......................................................................................................................................19811.3 WindTurbineInstallationVesselINNOVATION .................................................................................20011.4 WindTurbineInstallationVesselVIDAR ............................................................................................20311.5 OffshoreMaintenanceVesselESVAGTFROUDE ...............................................................................20611.6 “Walk to Work” Maintenance Support Vessel KROONBORG ............................................................20812. APPENDICES .............................................................................................................................21012.1 GlossaryofJuck-upTerms .................................................................................................................21012.2 DynamicPositioning ..........................................................................................................................21412.3 GlossaryofDynamicPositioningTermsandAbbreviations ..............................................................216
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SIEM PRIDE is equipped with a complete Wärtsilä propulsion and power electronics system
3.8 PSV SIEM PRIDE
InOctober2015PolishshipyardREMONTOWASHIPBUILDINGhandedovertoSIEMOFFSHOREtheLNG-fueledPSVSIEMPRIDE.TheVS4411DFdesignconceptandtechnicaldocumentationwaspreparedbyWärtsiläShipDesign,whiletheworkshopdocumentationwasdonebyRemontowaMarineDesign&Consulting,apartofRE-MONTOWA Holding.
InadditiontoordinaryclassnotationsforPSVs,thevesselhasbeenbuiltwithequipmentandclassnotationsforFireFighting(Fi-FiII),OilSpillRecoveryinEmergencySituations(Oilrec)andaccordingtoNOFOguidelines,Res-cueandStandbyServicestoOffshoreInstallations(StandbyVessel)forupto300persons,SafeHoseOperationSystemandinaccordancewithCleanDesignandComfortClasscriteria.
Class DNVG: 1A1Firefighter(II)Offshoreservicevessel(Supply)Standbyvessel(S)BISClean(Design)COAT-PSPCCOMF(C-3,V-3)DK(+)DYNPOS(AUTR)E0GasfueledHL(2.8)LFL(*)NAUT(OSV(A))OILRECSF
Kongsberg Evotec Launch and Recovery System (E-LARS) is designed to handle work ROVs with or without Tether ManagementSystem(TMS)todepthsexceeding4000m.TheE-LARSconsistsofanumbilicalwinch,cableguides,ahandlingunitandacommoncontrolsystem.ThehandlingunithandlestheROV/TMSondeckandoverthesideofthevessel.TheumbilicalwinchhandlestheROV/TMSfromthehandlingunittotheoperationdepth.Thesys-temcanbeoperatedbothinautomatic,semi-automaticormanualmode.Theadvancedcontrolsystemensuresbestpossiblefunctionalityforthecompletesystematalltimes.
TheshipfeaturescompleteWärtsilädelivereddiesel-electricmarinepowerplantwithWärtsilädual-fuelgen-eratingsets,theWärtsiläLNGPacgasstorageandhandlingsystem,andthecompleteelectricalandautomationsystem,includingWärtsiläLowLossConceptsolution.
TheWärtsiläoutfitembracestwo6L34DFengines(MCR2610kWat720rpm)andtwo8L20DFengines(1408kWat1200rpm).Allenginesaredesignedforcontinuousoperation,withoutreductioninratedoutput,onnaturalgas.LNGPacH230gasstorageandhandlingsystemisfittedinacompartmentwithA60fireinsulation,andiswellprotectec(B/5fromshipside,B/15frombottom).ThesystemisbasedonadoubleshelledvacuuminsulatedLNGtankIMOtypeC.TheLNGtankinsulationissufficienttokeepthegasinliquidstateforextendedperiods,evenwithoutanygasconsumption.TheLNGisprocessedinsidetheTankConnectionSpace.TheTankConnectionSpaceisagastightenclosurewithdedicatedventilation,madeofstainlesssteelandthereforefunctioningasasecondbarriertoavoidLNGspillto
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SKANDIAKERisthefirstinterventionvesselstoclassifiedaccordingtoDNV.sWELL-Notation,meaningthevesselisabletotakeoilonboard.Asaresult,thevesselcanperformwell-testingandclean-up,flaringoffhydrocarbonsthroughaflareatthestern.Thevesselcanalsoperformthrough-tuberotarydrillingwithcoilanddownholemo-tor,andmanaged-pressuredrilling.Whensheisnotperformingwellinterventionworkshecanperformsubseainstallationandconstructionwork,handling225tstructuredownto3000m.SKANDIAKER isbuilt toDNVclass@1A1with ICE-C,Well InterventionUnit,COMF-V(3)C(3),DYNPOS-AUTRO(IMOIII),NAUT-AWandCLEANDESIGNtomentionsomeofthenotations.
The157mlongshipisthelargestmonohullsubseawell interventionvesselbuilt,boastingalargedeckspace,heavy capacity subsea cranes, excellent seakeepingperformance, all interventionsusingdynamicpositioningsystem,and18knotstransitspeed.Sheisequippedwithamodulehandlingsystemanda400tAHCcrane.
Thevesselhasadiesel-electricpropulsionsystemwiththreepropulsors:centralscrewpropeller+twowingcontra-rotatingazimuth thrusters (2x3000kW).Length,oa:156.9m, Length,bp:137.7m,Beam,mld:27.0m,Depth,mld to themain deck: 12.0m,Max draught: 8.5m,Deadweight, openmoonpool/closedmoonpool:11,500/13,000t,Output:19,200kW,Mainpropulsors:Screwpropeller+twocontra-rotatingazimuththrusters2x3000kW,Speed:18knots.
9.7 Subsea Service Vessel SKANDI AKER
SKANDIAKERisbuiltaccordingtotheSTXEuropeOSCV06Ldesignandisarrangedfordeepwaterriser-basedinterventionaswellasforshallowwaterriserlesssubseaintervention,includingsubseaconstructionandinstalla-tionworkaswellasmaintenancework.Thevesseliscapableofperformingwellinterventionoperationsatwaterdepthsupto3000m,whileotherexistingwell-interventionvesselsarelimitedtoabout800mdepth.Furthermore,andperhapsthemoststrikingtechnical featureofthisvessel, isthatshecanoperateasa lightdrillingunit,andthustheshiphasbeenclassifiedasbothshipanddrillingunit.Itisthusevidentthatwhenitcomestotechnicalfeaturesthisshipisintheforefrontinthisfieldtoday.Insteadoflabellinghernarrowlyaswell-interventionvessel,wellcleaningvessel,vesselforcoil-tubingorasadrillingunit,theshipyardhasintroducedthecollectiveterm“SubseaServiceVessel”.
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