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The Suppliers

Just as the practice of single-sourcing complete packages of equipment and machinery, albeit long applied, has gath- ered tremendous pace over the past decade in the commercial marine sector, the uptake of functionally-integrated sys- tems has had a signal bearing in driving ship technology forward. Building on its own track record in the naval field, in par- ticular, and on the longstanding policy of the absorbed Ulstein interests to supply 'coherent' systems to offshore support ships, Rolls-Royce has landed an inte- grated ship systems deal spanning an innovative vessel designed to install wind turbines offshore.

Ordered by U.K. firm Mayflower Ener- gy in recognition of an emerging market for ships to build up the many offshore windfarms planned by North European countries, the 426-ft. (130-m) Mayflower

Resolution will transport and position parts for up to 10 wind turbines at a time.

The design has been conceived to mini- mize the risks associated with year-round deployment in the North Sea, and features a jack-up capability to provide a stable offshore working platform.

Rolls-Royce has been selected to sup- ply the integrated ship systems, including the entire diesel-electric propulsion plant and also the bridge outfit, including navi- gation, communications, automation and dynamic positioning. Although the broad portfolio of Rolls-Royce products will be accessed for the contract, much equip- ment is being sourced from other manu- facturers.

In fact, the U.K.-owned group consid- ers that the order "fits well with the Rolls-

Royce strategy of taking increased responsibility for integrating complete ship systems, building on years of sup- plying comprehensive equipment pack- ages for offshore support vessels."

Mayflower Resolution, which will be constructed at the Shanhaiguan Shipyard in northern China, will be propelled by four Ulstein Aquamaster azimuth thrusters fitted in nozzles, augmented in maneuvering and dynamic positioning mode by three Kamewa Ulstein control- lable-pitch tunnel thrusters. Power for propulsion and shipboard services will be primarily met by four gensets, made up of 1,824-kW Mitsubishi high-speed diesels and Newage Stamford alternators.

Mayflower Energy is currently market- ing the vessel both to wind energy com- panies and to the offshore oil and gas industry, and is confident of having con- tracts in place when the newbuild is ready for operation in spring 2003.

Virtual Subsea Reality

Sea Technology

A world-first virtual reality simulator for the sub-sea cable installation indus- try has been developed to offer improved training and reduce the costs and risk inherent in offshore operations.

The system has been developed by the

Virtual Reality Centre at Teesside for their Darlington-based client CTC

Marine Projects. The simulation includes unique virtual replicas of CTC

Cable Ships, Cable Ploughs, and ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicle). The vir- tual system will interface to a number of third party control systems including

A-frame & tow winch control, drum & linear cable engine control and plough and ROV diagnostics/control. The sys- tem will be operated on-shore in CTC's state of the art VR-training suite.

The system provides the world's most advanced and comprehensive Simula-

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