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M/V Island Dawn Delivered

Island Offshore took delivery of M/V Island Dawn from the

Vard Brevik shipyard in Norway, the third PSV in a series of four Rolls-Royce UT 717 CD designs, delivered from Vard

Brevik. As her sister vessels, M/V Island Dawn has an overall length of 84.45m and a breadth of 17m with a deadweight of 3,800 metric tons and a deck capacity of 800 sq. m. M/V

Island Dawn will be transporting pipes and general deck load, liquid cargo as well as cement and barite to drilling rigs in the

North Sea. She is also prepared for later duties as standby/ rescue vessel. M/V Island Dawn was christened during a cer- emony at the yard in November 2013, with Mimmi Ulstein as a godmother.

Harley Adds Mini ASD Training Vessel

Harley Marine Services added the newest component to its training program by purchasing the Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) Training Vessel, BRAtt, from Robert Allen Ltd. BRAtt is representative of a modern ASD tug and was built as a training tool. Its compact design is scaled to proportionately represent a full size tug with dimensions of just 25.6 x 11.8 ft. with 450 hp. HMS BRAtt, stationed in Seattle, joins the

Harley Marine fl eet of 120 vessels. It will be used extensively in the tractor tug training program for crewmembers. “This vessel will greatly enhance our ability to train qualifi ed and quality operators for our fl eet,” said Captain Scott Manley,

Director of Marine Operations, Harley Marine Services.

Oman Drydock:

Strongest Year Ever

The Oman Drydock Company (ODC), one of the Middle East’s newest and big- gest shipyards, announced its strongest year of trading. The shipyard undertook 75 drydockings and repairs in 2013, increasing its total number since it was opened in Duqm (Central Oman) in 2011 to 190. ODC now boast a staff of more than 2,000, and the breadth of ship work at the yard is wide, as its workload has included Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs), crude oil tankers, container ships, LNG and LPG carriers, chemical carriers, bulk carriers, as well as dredg- ers, RoRos and barges, from clients in- cluding Dynacom Ship Management,

NYK, MSC and Exmar Ship Management,

Gulf Marine, the Shipping Corporation of

India and Pacifi c International Lines. “In 2013 we saw ODC continue to estab- lish itself as one of the main ship repair and conversion locations in the Middle

East,” said Johnny Woo, ODC marketing director. “Our focus moving forward will be to win more business from existing and new customers operating carriers, tankers and container ships. We see real potential for growth particularly in becoming a center of excellence for the repair of LNG carriers (LNGC). As a result we will be ramping up the promotion of our services, which are among the most advanced in the world. This includes offering customers the in depth techni- cal support we receive from our partner

Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine En- gineering Company Ltd (DSME) and its subsidiary DSEC. 2014 will see DSEC forge a closer partnership with ODC to provide specialist LNGC repair technol- ogy.”

Our expansion into LNGC will further be strengthened by our new license to support the French engineering fi rm

Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) which specializes in cargo containment sys- tems for high-end liquefi ed natural gas carriers.”

Woo also said ODC saw major growth op- portunities in the offshore market.

Zamokona Delivers Tuna Boat

Echebaster Group received its new tuna-freezer vessel from Zamakona

Yards after its inauguration at the Mari- time Cruise Station at Getxo, Port of

Bilbao. The new tuna vessel is almost 90m long and has a capacity of 1,900 cu. m. of fi sh in its 20 freezers with ac- commodation for 42 crew aboard and a top speed of 18.2 knots. Izaro is con- struction number 720 of the Shipyard at

Santurce; it is a project of a new design with the latest technology, built to the specifi cations of this fi shing company at

Bermeo. Some of the innovations in the superstructure and bridge of aluminum, the quick freezing tunnels at -60º and an innovative system of fi sh separation which returns non targeted fi sh alive to the ocean with little human interven- tion. The vessel is equipped with safe zones and antipiracy measures.

Zamakona

Island Of fshor e

Harley Marine

YARD NOTES

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