Greatship orders two MPSVs/ROV Support Vessels

Greatship (India) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Great Eastern Shipping ordered two construction support vessels on Colombo Dockyard for delivery in September 2010 and January 2011.

The state-of-the-art MPSVs/ROV Support Vessels are designed both for operating as advanced PSVs, with enhanced accommodation (50 pax), DP2 capability, as well as ROV Support Vessels, and are prepared for 50T Active Heave Compensated cranes, 50T A-frames and helidecks. GIL currently owns and operates three PSVs, two in India and one in the North Sea, and two AHTSV, one in India, and one in the Middle East. GIL and its subsidiaries also have an order book of sixteen vessels and one rig under construction - two PSVs in Norway, two AHTSVs in Sri Lanka, four AHTSVs in Batam, four MPSVs in Singapore, two MSVs in India, two MPSVs in Sri Lanka, and a premium 350 jack up rig in Singapore.

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Pacific Titan starts Tasmania sweep

Melbourne-based Bass Strait Oil said the survey vessel Pacific Titan had kicked off the first stage of the 1110-kilometre Targa survey on its permits T/42P and T/43P off Tasmania’s north coast.

Bass Strait holds a 100% stake in both permits, in the Durroon area of the Bass basin. The Targa survey is one of four being shot by the Pacific Titan in the Bass Strait as part of a multi-client sweep. Bass Strait said the vessel would shoot the first part of the survey before a port call, after which it would shoot another client’s survey before returning to the Targa sweep.
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New passenger/vehicle/container vessel design for Transport Desgagnés

Deltamarin has developed a new passenger/vehicle/container vessel design for the Canadian shipowner and cargo and tanker operator Transport Desgagnés to operate on the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Deltamarin's task was to develop a design capable to operate year-round in the harsh environment with high capacity and good ice-going capabilities and with excellent maneuverability in limited harbors. Limited main dimensions due to harbour restrictions led to a demanding design task, said a Deltamarin statement. A short and full hull was required with good performance and adequate course stability. The hull form incorporates a special type of bulbous bow for open water and ice operations, a streamlined bow to reduce wave making, smooth transition areas, and a long centre skeg in the aft of the ship to improve course stability. Two azimuthing propulsion units (Z-drives) and two bow thrusters will improve maneuverability for the vessel against heavy winds in narrow and congested routes and harbors.
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