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MAN Engines to PowerSeismic Vessel in Norway 8MTRSeptember 2011news MAN Diesel & Turbo signed a con- tract to supply 4 × MAN 8L32/40engines to power a seismic vessel ordered by Sanco Shipping of Norway. The vessel will be built by Kleven Maritime at Myklebust ship- yard in southern Norway and is scheduled for delivery by May 2013. The four-stroke engines will be built in Augsburg. The company attributes the landing of the new order to its presence in Aalesund, an important European offshore center, and focused activity on this significantsegment. MAN Diesel & Turbo also views the order as another step in the right direction in its targeted strategy of increasing the market share in the Norwegian offshore market. The offshore construction vessel, Island Intervention, of the SX121 design from Ulstein was named. Shipowner Island Offshore has great expectations for the new vessel, which will carry out advanced operations in the Norwegian Sea this autumn. Island Offshore is a leader within light well intervention and managing director of the company, Håvard Ulstein, says that its entire fleet is cur- rently fully booked: ?Island Intervention will become an impor- tant addition to our fleet. This autumn, the vessel will be installing a series of production trees on the seabed in the Norwegian Sea for a Norwegian oil company. This is a complicated operation, but we are confident, that with the right crew, this vessel is the best equipment for the job. Our experience with its sister vessels, Island Constructor, also deliv- ered by ULSTEIN, is very good and we therefore have great expectations for the new vessel,? said Håvard Ulstein. The 120 x 25-m vessel can accommodate 100 persons. It is fitted with a tower for module handling, moonpool, ROV hangar, offshore crane, helipad, and a iesel-electricpropulsion system. The vessel is also equipped with ULSTEIN COM andULSTEIN IAS.Offshore Vessel Named in Norway Lady sponsor of Island Intervention , crew manager in Island Offshore, Guri Lillebø Sætre, flanked by managing director of Island Offshore, Håvard Ulstein, and Managing Director of Ulstein Verft, Karsten Sævik. MTR#7 (1-17):MTR Layouts 8/29/2011 1:49 PM Page 8