To handle the new heavyweight anchors required for rigs operating in extreme depths off Brazil, Rolls-Royce has developed a tailor made solution. Two torpedo anchor-handling systems will be installed on two anchor-handling vessels to be built for the Norwegian shipowner DOF. Brazilian oil giant Petrobras has developed the torpedo anchor to meet the challenges of [...]
On Saturday 16 June, the new dock arrived at Kleven Maritime’s Myklebust Verft. With this new, larger dock, the yard can now offer docking facilities also for large offshore vessels like anchor handling vessels and seismic vessels. Myklebust Verft is a combination of shipyard that both builds newbuilds and carries out maintenance and repairs. The [...]
Topaz Energy and Marine, a subsidiary of Oman-based Renaissance Services SAOG and a regional leader in providing offshore support vessels and engineering services, has added yet another milestone to its 35-year history by building two Anchor Handling/Offshore Support/Towing vessels. The two sister vessels – Topaz Dignity and Topaz Triumph – will be operated by Topaz [...]
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a £50 million (approx USD 81.7 million) contract to design and equip two anchor handling vessels for Norwegian company Farstad Shipping. The Rolls-Royce UT 731 CD vessels are designed to work in extreme environmental conditions and carry out operations in water as deep as 3,000 metres. The [...]
