Norsafe signs contract agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries
Norsafe signed the prestige-contract with Samsung Heavy Industries in South-Korea for delivery of large free fall lifeboats and davit arrangements for the world’s biggest floating offshore installation. Including this contract, the Norsafe Group has secured more than 30 offshore free fall lifeboat systems in their order book.
The Shell FLNG facility itself will be 488 metres long and 74 metres wide. Fully loaded it will weigh around 600,000 tons. Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) is the complete project name, where Shell is 100% owner and Operator. Prelude is an offshore gas field situated 475 km north east of the city Broome, Western Australia. FLNG technology is an important development for the LNG industry. It reduces both the project costs and the environmental footprint of an LNG development by removing the need for long pipelines to shore, compression platforms to transfer the gas to shore, and large land-based processing installations. With FLNG technology, the gas is processed at the field, where ocean-going LNG carriers will offload liquefied gas (chilled to minus 162° Celsius and reduced in volume by 600 times) directly from the installation at sea for delivery to markets worldwide.
The FLNG installation has been designed to withstand severe weather conditions, even a Category 5 cyclone. The GES50 free fall lifeboats from Norsafe are selected from many international bidders. This reward represents a strong acknowledgement of Norsafe’s position as the world leader in design and manufacturing of Life Saving Appliances for ships and offshore installations. The lifeboats for Shell FLNG have a capacity of 70 persons each and are certified for a drop height of 40 metres. Free fall lifeboats offer the crew the safest evacuation of the installation in an emergency situation.
Norsafe order book reached 1 billion Norwegian kroner in 2011 and provides a strong commercial foundation for further development of the company, its products and its customer services. With Norsafe’s strong economical solidity as a foundation, the market is secured the best products for the future. The Norsafe Group, with company headquarter at Tromøy near Arendal (Norway), has more than 700 employees. The company is running a world-wide business with production, sale, delivery and service of Life Saving Appliances for shipping and offshore industry. The global organization has manufacturing and service companies in Norway, China, Greece, Mexico, Singapore, South-Korea, USA, Japan, Brazil and the Netherlands. Furthermore the organization includes more than 35 service stations spread over all continents. The Norsafe Group is continuously growing, and new subsidiaries and service stations are under planning and establishment.
The Shell FLNG facility itself will be 488 metres long and 74 metres wide. Fully loaded it will weigh around 600,000 tons. Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) is the complete project name, where Shell is 100% owner and Operator. Prelude is an offshore gas field situated 475 km north east of the city Broome, Western Australia. FLNG technology is an important development for the LNG industry. It reduces both the project costs and the environmental footprint of an LNG development by removing the need for long pipelines to shore, compression platforms to transfer the gas to shore, and large land-based processing installations. With FLNG technology, the gas is processed at the field, where ocean-going LNG carriers will offload liquefied gas (chilled to minus 162° Celsius and reduced in volume by 600 times) directly from the installation at sea for delivery to markets worldwide.
The FLNG installation has been designed to withstand severe weather conditions, even a Category 5 cyclone. The GES50 free fall lifeboats from Norsafe are selected from many international bidders. This reward represents a strong acknowledgement of Norsafe’s position as the world leader in design and manufacturing of Life Saving Appliances for ships and offshore installations. The lifeboats for Shell FLNG have a capacity of 70 persons each and are certified for a drop height of 40 metres. Free fall lifeboats offer the crew the safest evacuation of the installation in an emergency situation.
Norsafe order book reached 1 billion Norwegian kroner in 2011 and provides a strong commercial foundation for further development of the company, its products and its customer services. With Norsafe’s strong economical solidity as a foundation, the market is secured the best products for the future. The Norsafe Group, with company headquarter at Tromøy near Arendal (Norway), has more than 700 employees. The company is running a world-wide business with production, sale, delivery and service of Life Saving Appliances for shipping and offshore industry. The global organization has manufacturing and service companies in Norway, China, Greece, Mexico, Singapore, South-Korea, USA, Japan, Brazil and the Netherlands. Furthermore the organization includes more than 35 service stations spread over all continents. The Norsafe Group is continuously growing, and new subsidiaries and service stations are under planning and establishment.