• 2017 November 22 10:07

    Wagenborg Offshore chooses ULSTEIN PX121 design

    The Ulstein-owned vessel, ‘Blue Queen’, has been awarded a 6-year contract by Wagenborg Offshore to support Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM) and SHELL UK Exploration & Production (Shell UK) with their offshore operations on the Southern North Sea, the company said in its press release.

    The so-called ‘Walk-to-Work Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel’ (W2W ERRV) will be operated by Wagenborg Offshore as a standby and support vessel for inspection and maintenance of the unmanned platforms in both Dutch and British waters.

    For the provision of the W2W ERRV vessel to NAM-Shell, Wagenborg and Ulstein have signed an agreement for the delivery of a standard ‘PX121 Platform Supply Vessel’ (PSV). Built according the Ulstein Accommodation Standard, the PX121 has gained excellent feedback from the offshore industry due to a favourable combination of fuel-efficiency and load capacity. The PX121 is particularly suited for a conversion to other types of services, such as walk-to-work or Emergency Response and Rescue, without comprising her outstanding Dynamic Positioning performance.

    The vessel has been repainted in the Wagenborg colours. On the Dutch shipyard Royal Niestern Sander in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, approximately 80 employees will be working on the PX121 for the conversion from a PSV into a W2W ERRV vessel. The PX121 will be equipped with a.o. an additional accommodation module, motion compensated gangway and motion compensated crane, to comply with the requirements of NAM-Shell. The vessel will be converted in 16 weeks and is expected to be delivered to Wagenborg Offshore March 2018. The vessel will start operations in Q1 2018.

    By producing natural gas offshore NAM and Shell UK face major challenges to execute offshore operations as safe and efficient as possible and increase the effectiveness of offshore maintenance activities to reduce costs. Modern offshore production platforms are smaller and normally unmanned without 'helicopter deck', resulting in a need for Walk-to-Work vessels. With Walk-to-Work vessels offshore activities can be supported more safe, efficient, effective and productive, as already proven by the successful Walk-to-Work vessel Kroonborg.

    About the companies

    Wagenborg Offshore, started in 1997, is a market leader offering an array of logistic offshore services and marine support to the offshore industry. Currently operational on a worldwide scale, including the Canadian arctic, North Sea, Caribbean and Caspian Sea. With a versatile fleet of walk to work vessels, offshore supply-support vessels, accommodation vessels, diving support vessel and several shallow draught tugs and pontoons.

    ULSTEIN has some 600 employees and is headquartered in Ulsteinvik, Norway. ULSTEIN delivers products and services within ship design, shipbuilding and equipment packages to the international market. In total, Ulstein Verft has built more than 300 vessels, and more than 100 vessel designs with the X-BOW® has been delivered from Ulstein Group.




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