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56 New PSVs

In late April Bourbon started putting the meat to the bones of its Horizon 2010 plan, announcing that, since

January 1, 2006, it had placed the first series of orders for 56 modern offshore oil and gas supply vessels for $808 million. These 56 vessels are in addition to the 27 supply vessels already under construction at December 31, 2005.

The deliveries and commissioning of these vessels will be staggered from the final quarter of 2007 until the first half of 2009, and include: • 4 PSV Ulstein P105 ordered from the Zhejiang shipyards in China

These 4 vessels are sisterships of the Bourbon Peridot, delivered in 2005. 298.5 ft. long with a deadweight of 4,900 tons, these Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) will be equipped with diesel-electric propulsion, will be classed

DP2 and will be pre-equipped to receive a 100 ton deep sea crane. 8 GPA 670 PSVs ordered from the Zhejiang ship- yards in China

This order follows an initial order of 10 vessels of the same type, five of which are already in operation. With a length of 239.5 ft. and deadweight of 3,200 tons, the

PSVs in this series will be equipped with diesel-electric propulsion and classed DP2. 5 AHTS ordered from the Bharati shipyards in India

This series of Anchor Handling Tugs Supply vessels (AHTS), with 11,000 HP and a bollard pull of 125 tons, is identical to the series of five units, four of which were recently delivered by Keppel in Singapore (Bourbon

Artemis, Bourbon Aladin, Bourbon Apsara, Bourbon

Alexandre). Classed DP1 and equipped with a FiFi 1 anti- fire system, these AHTS offer optimum services for the towage, anchor handling operations of drilling rigs and tanker lifting at offshore terminals. 1 MPSV ordered from the De Hoop shipyards in the

Netherlands

This 279 ft. long Multi-Purpose Supply Vessel (MPSV) has quarters for 70 people. With diesel-electric propul- sion, a DP2 system, and heave compensated 100-ton crane, this vessel is particularly adapted to sub-sea opera- tions conducted in deepwater using robots (ROV). 2 MPSVs from the Bharati yards in India

This order follows the order for two MPSVs currently under construction at the same shipyards. With a length of 197 ft. and accommodations for 44 people, these ves- sels are particularly adapted to maintenance work in pro- ducing oil and gas fields on the continental offshore. 30 MTR May 2006

Bourbon signed a contract with Zhejiang Shipbuilding Co. Ltd in China for the construction of four Ulstein P105 plat- form supply vessels (PSVs).

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