Page 49: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (June 2012)

Ulstein DeliversThe ULSTEIN designed platform supply vessel CBO Paci- fico left the Estaleiro Alianca yard on May 10, 2012. The newbuild went straight into contract for Petrobras. The ves- sel is the second of the PX106 design delivered to CBO this year. Ingar Kaldhol at Ulstein Design & Solutions worked closely with the yard?s project team throughout the building process of the first two of totally six ULSTEIN designed X- BOW platform supply vessels to be constructed in Brazil. These first two PX106 vessels are relatively small vessels that comply with Petrobras? PSV 3000 tender. The next four are of the larger PX105 design that complies with the PSV 4500 tender. All vessels will be working on eight-year con- tracts for Petrobras. CBO Pacifico measures 76.3 x 16m, with a depth to main deck of 7.5m. The cargo deck area is 660 sq. m. Three of the tanks are multitanks of the Cargomax system. She has diesel electric propulsion and azimuth propellers, and can keep a speed of approximately 15 knots. CBO Pacifico complies with the CLEAN notation from DNV. The four PSVs of the PX105 design will be delivered during 2012?2013. From be- fore, CBO already has two PSVs of P106 design from UL- STEIN in their fleet, delivered in 2006 and 2007. The platform supply vessel CBO Pacifico,designed by ULSTEIN, was delivered from Estaleiro Alianca in Brazil. CBO Pacifico is here seen outside Macae with sister vessel CBO Atlântico, delivered earlier this year. Being PX106 designed vessels, they are purposed for efficient and flexi- ble transportation of bulk and general cargo to installations offshore. (Photo courtesy of ULSTEIN/Thomas Bigset) MR June12 # 6 (42-49):MR Template 6/13/2012 2:06 PM Page 49