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Merwede Shipyard received a contract for the design and construction of a new

Diving Support/Offshore Construction vessel for Bermuda-based Toisa Limited.

The vessel will be built under yard No. 712 and will be delivered in the first quarter of 2008. The vessel will be built in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of Det

Norske Veritas, to obtain the following notation: DNV X 1A1, EO, SF, Dynpos,

AUTRO, HELDK, DSV-SAT.

The ship has been designed by Merwede

Shipyard in concert with Toisa. It will be a fully Dynamic Positioned Diving

Support/Offshore Construction Vessel, suitable for worldwide operation.

As an enhanced sister vessel to the Toisa

Proteus, but with a fully inbuilt saturation

Diving System, this vessel will support a wide variety of subsea operations. Within the saturation diving market, the existing world fleet of such vessels averages more than 20 years old. This order will provide the market with a DP3 vessel capable of meeting the higher and more demanding standards in safety, dynamic positioning operations, saturation diving and the use of environmentally sensitive vessels.

It will be built with a 12-man single bell saturation system. Its under-deck configu- ration allows for a range of equipment, while her large, clear deck area provides scope for a range of other applications.

The increasing need for subsea construc- tion vessels to accommodate large numbers of contractor's personnel has also been addressed in designing the ship to accom- modate up to 199 persons (excluding any divers in saturation).

Main Particulars

Length, o.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131.7 m

Length, pp, on design drafty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117.7 m

Breadth, molded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 m

Depth, main deck molded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9.5 m

Draft, design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.25 m

Draft, scantling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6.75 m

Ship's complement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 news

New Dive Support/Offshore

Construction Vessel

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