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November 2012www.marinelink.com 45to stretch and upgrade six 200 class DP-1 OSVs into 240 class DP-2 OSV?s. The designated vessels for the program are six of Hornbeck?s 10 Super 200 class DP1 units, four of which are the vessels that recently completed two-year charters with Petrobras in Brazil. To meet the delivery schedule, Bollinger will carry out the conversions at two separate Bollinger facilities, Bollinger Larose and Bollinger Morgan Brazilian OSVs to have Rolls-Royce DNA Rolls-Royce won a $38.4 order to de- sign and equip four platform supply ves- sels (PSVs) for Brazilian ship owner Bravante Group, former Navegação São Miguel Ltda. The UT 775 SE PSVs will b designed to carry deck cargo, pipes and diesel oil to and from offshore oil and gas platforms. They will be chartered by Petrobras. Bravante Group will build the vessels at their ship yard in Niteroi, Brazil, as they have done for previous or- ders. In addition to the design, Rolls-Royce will supply its Azipull and bow thrusters, deck machinery, a bulk handling system, Active Front End (AFE) frequency con- verters, automation and control systems and a dynamic positioning system. Grandweld Delivers 42m Crew Boats In early October Grandweld Shipyards won a contract to build 42M Aluminum Crew Boat for Wesal Shipping, a contract which follows the delivery of the 41M Aluminum Crew Boat that Grandweld delivered to Wesal early in October 2010. The 42M Aluminum Crew Boat is a heavily modified version of the 41M, and is designed to reach a speed in excess of 25 knots and includes luxury seating, ac-commodation for VIP guests, larger deck space and enhanced comfort for the crew. The vessel features a total seating capac- ity for 83, 110 sq. m. loading area forover 90 Tons of deck cargo, in addition to the capacity of carrying large amount of fuel and freshwater. In addition, Grandweld signed a deal inAugust 2012 to deliver another 42M Crew Boat for Global Marine. Grandweld has recently opened its55,000sqm facility at Dubai Maritime City which is expected to expand the an- nual capacity in terms of number of new builds. Its current orderbook includes more than 20 vessels of both steel and aluminum including: Seismic Supportvessels, Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels with DP2 capability, Work Main- tenance vessels, Fast Intervention Supply vessels (FISV), Crew Boats and many more.MR#11 (42-49):MR Template 11/7/2012 3:32 PM Page 45