• 2015 January 22 15:31

  Imtech Marine/Radio Holland equips the largest purpose-built floatel to date

  

  POSH Xanadu, the largest purpose-built floatel to date was delivered at PaxOcean in Zhoushan.Last month, POSH Xanadu, the largest purpose-built floatel to date was delivered at PaxOcean in Zhoushan. The first of its kind, POSH Xanadu is a ship-shaped column stabilized semi-submersible accommodation platform, housing 750 passengers and crew in 390 spacious cabins. Imtech Marine, through its Service and Nav/Com brand Radio Holland, is technology partner of PaxOcean in this unique project, the company said in its press release.

  Imtech Marine supplied all the navigation and external communication equipment onboard. The systems were specifically required to meet the higher specifications as put forward by DNV regulations but also the requirements of the end user Petrobras. Imtech Marine and PaxOcean worked together on the Technical Agreement to ensure the vessel met the requirements and was delivered on time.

  POSH Xanadu is a high quality and cost-effective offshore accommodation to support the maintenance, hookup and commissioning of platforms and floating production units in all weather and sea conditions offshore.

  Imtech Marine has built a strong partnership with PaxOcean Zhuhai and PaxOcean Zhoushan over the last years. Both shipyards are specialized in building Offshore Support Vessels such as Light Construction Vessels, Anchor Handling Tugs, Platform Supply Vessels and ASD Tugs. The companies worked together on about 30 of their vessels supplying Navigation and Communication equipment onboard.
  
  In the 4th quarter of 2014 Imtech Marine signed on for two new projects including 5 vessels of which 3 Platform Supply Vessels and 2 Anchor Handling Tugs.

  About PaxOcean
  A subsidiary of Kuok Singapore Limited, the PaxOcean group comprises 6 shipyards – 1 in Singapore, 2 in China and 3 in Indonesia. Established in 1983, the legacy that is the PaxOcean Group today has spent the last 30 years enhancing its services to become a leading international player in a wide range of sectors; these include offshore and engineering, ship repair and maintenance, shipbuilding and conversion, rig building and refurbishment, offshore fabrication, FPSO/FSO conversion, maritime clusters as well as dedicated offshore platform facility fabrication.

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