Shipping & Shipbuilding News -  27 April 2007 - The Brightest Maritime Daily
 






New offshore supply vessel delivered from Aker shipyard
Delivery of VOLSTAD VIKING to Volstad Shipping
 

Aker Yards announced today the delivery of the VOLSTAD VIKING, a Platform Supply Vessel for Volstad Shipping AS of Ålesund, Norway.

She is one of three of her type ordered by Volstad from Aker.

Length: 93.40 m
Breadth: 82.20 m
Draught: 6.85 m
Depth: 8.40 m to main deck
Passenger capacity: 28 persons
Gross tonnage: 4 183 t
Dead weight: 4 940 t
Classification: DNV +1A1 SF, E0, DYNPOS AUTR, CLEAN DESIGN, COMF-C(3)/-V(3), DK(+), HL(2,8), OIL REC (NOFO 2005), LFL*, ICE-1B , DE-ICE, NAUT OSV (A).

Environmental friendly design.
Diesel electric propulsion system.
Fuel saving azipull propellers and engines with low emissions to air.
Low resistant hull lines.
Class notation Clean Design.
Class notation NAUT-OSV(A) for safer operations.
High comfort onboard, class notation COMF-C/-V.
Super Silent tunnel thrusters and with drop down thruster.
Ice going class notations ICE-1B and DE-ICE.
Dynamic positioning system, DYNPOS AUTR.
Methanol cargo system, LFL*
Tank Cleaning system.
Oil-Recovery, NOFO 2005.
NMD RESCUE operations for 300 survivors.
Prepared for future SCR - catalysts for further reduction of NOx emissions.
 

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