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Rolls-Royce: Building aStrong Business Offshore Rolls-Royce won a $69m order to de- sign and equip two advanced offshore an- chor handling vessels for Norwegian ship owner Farstad Shipping. The UT 731 CD vessels are designed and equipped to han- dle anchors for oil rigs, tow rigs to loca- tion and also serve as supply vessels. They can operate in extreme climatic conditions and ultra deep waters, under- taking precise rig maneuvering opera- tions in water up to 3,000m deep. They are also equipped for subsea constructionand installation duties. Each vessel will feature a fully integrated equipment sys- tem from Rolls-Royce including deck machinery and vessel control systems. They will also include diesel electric hy- brid propulsion systems to reduce thetotal fuel burn and cut CO2 emissions. Both vessels will be built at the STX OSV Langsten yard in Norway and are scheduled for delivery in the first half of 2014. Farstad Shipping has now ordered eight vessels of this type. Each of the ves- sels will have a deck cargo area of about 760 sq. m. and the gross tonnage is ap-proximately 6100 gt. The bollard pull is around 260 tons and installed power is approximately 24000 bhp.$71.7m Contract from Hyundai Rolls-Royce also won an order from Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dock- yard Co, Ltd. to design and equip fourdeepwater platform supply vessels. The contract is worth more than $71m to Rolls-Royce and includes options for an- other two vessels of the same type. The vessel designs are UT 776 CD - a devel- opment of the Rolls-Royce UT 700 se- ries, designed specifically for supplying equipment and services to deepwater oil and gas platforms. The 4,400 ton, 97 m long vessels will feature a range of Rolls- Royce equipment including a diesel-elec- tric propulsion system which improves fuel efficiency and lowers emissions when operating at reduced power levels. The propulsion system meets currentClean Design standards ? an industry-specific range of stringent environmental and safety requirements that, through thedesign of the vessel, reduce emissions to sea and air. The vessels will be built at the Hyundais shipyard in Ulsan, Korea. PSV CBO Atlântico Delivered The platform supply vessel CBO Atlân- tico was delivered last month, the first of six ULSTEIN designed X-BOW vessels to be built in Brazil, and the very first of the PX106 design. The PSV was built at Estaleiro Alianca shipyard in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for shipowner CBO (Companhia Brasileira de Offshore). CBO has already two PSVs of P106 de- sign from Ulstein in its fleet. In the new PSVs CBO required:?A ships to adapt to increasingly complex operations ?New technologies to provide quality services, ensure safety and protectsensitive marine environments. Their final decision was to order two small vessels (PX106) and four large ves- sels (PX105). The vessels comply with Petrobras PSV3000 and PSV4500 tenders, and aredesigned for effective and flexible trans- portation of bulk and general cargo to in- stallations offshore. The contracts include delivery of design, engineering, main equipment and commissioning follow- up. April 2012www.marinelink.com 63