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m&Mi by Carol Fulford and Andy Smith

Ulstein Verft delivers offshore support vessel

Offshore Support Vessels Top

Euro Delivery list

As Ulstein Verft delivered the latest UT 700 offshore sup- port vessel, Northern Gambler, the yard announced that it had received a third order from

Swire Pacific for a UT 720, and that a design package based on the UT 722 had been selected by Simon Mokster Shipping of

Stavanger, Norway The latter vessel will be built outside the group by Aukra Industrier.

Now in service, Northern

Gambler is the thirteenth UT 745 class vessel to be built and the seventh completed at the

Ulstein yard. The vessel is a development of the basic design to suit Saevik Supply

Management's specific requirements with a larger working deck and cylindrical liquid mud tanks replacing the rectangular units of earlier designs. The vessel's bridge is also equipped for one person watchkeeping and the accommodation layout revised to provide an additional 10 berths.

The vessel has an overall length of 275 ft. (84 m), a molded breadth of 61.6 ft. (18.8 m) and a maximum draft of 20.4 ft. (6.2 m). At 4,400

DWT, it is capable of carrying up to 2,800 tons of deck cargo. Tanks are available for fuel oil, fresh water, drill water, liquid mud, brine,

Pictured is the yard's most recent delivery — Northern Gambler — a UT 745 support vessel for local

Norwegian operator Saevik Supply. Ulstein Verffs orderbook also includes six more UT700 vessels with deliveries continuing through until October 1997. methanol, base oil and dry bulk materials such as cement.

A pair of Ulstein Bergen diesel main engines with a total output of 5,300 kW (7,200 bhp) turn

Ulstein propellers through gearboxes from the same company to give a maximum speed of 15 knots. Twin Tenfjord controlled high lift rud- ders, twin bowthrusters each producing 800 hp and two 1,200-hp stern thrusters reportedly provide easily controlled maneuverability through an integrated electronic system with a single joystick. The deck equipment includes tugger winches, capstans and a telescopic crane with a capacity of two tons at 11 to 16-m outreach.

Built to Det Norske Veritas classifi- cation, DNV +1AI EO LFL WI-OC,

Northern Gambler joins several other offshore vessels of Ulstein design in the Saevik Supply Management fleet, including Northern Clipper, another

UT 745, and type UT 716 Gullbus.

The new order, featuring an Ulstein

UT 722 package for Simon Mokster, follows the proven and well docu- mented performance of Far Grip and

Far Fosna, two Farstad-owned UT 722 vessels, active on Norske Shell's

Draugen field in the northern sector of the North Sea since 1993.

Mokster's vessel will be primarily engaged in deepwater anchor han- dling and the general support of float- ing production systems. A short delivery time with a promised deliv- ery of April 1997 led to the $25-million building contract being placed with Aukra Industrier, a shipyard located on the west coast of Norway.

Twin 5,419-kW engines driving CP propellers in fixed nozzles will give the vessel a bollard pull of about 160 tons and a speed of approxi- mately 16 knots. The steel hull is 246 ft. (75 m) long with a molded breadth of 59.4 ft. (18.1 m) and a maximum draft of 21.6 ft. (6.6 m).

Maneuverability from high lift rudders and a total of three 1,200-hp tunnel thrusters will be

SpecTec Releases New Version For Windows

AMOS for Windows is the successor to

SpecTec's AMOS-D planned maintenance and purchasing system.

The new system introduces advances in speed and functionality, as well as some innovative capabilities, according to the manufacturer.

The new Windows version "captures the soul but leaves behind the body" of the for- mer DOS-based AMOS-D system, said

Atle Valland, spokesperson for SpecTec. "The structure is similar to before, but the user interface is completely changed. We have gone back to square one by complete- ly rewriting the software for a Windows operating system."

The system is designed to aid shipowners and managers with a speedy and efficient management tool. It is designed to opti- mize maintenance systems, ensuring pre- ventative maintenance and condition- based monitoring that can eliminate the costs of unnecessary operational problems.

It has been shown that better mainte- nance planning means that spare parts replacement can be scheduled to tie-in with port visits and classification work.

Close monitoring of a vessel's maintenance status can maximize the period between overhauls, reducing costs.

For more information on SpecTec

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The new AMOS for Windows is the successor to SpecTec's popular

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