Severnaya Verf starts sea trials of VS-485 project PSV
Severnaya Verf Shipyard has commenced sea trials of an offshore platform supply vessel of Project VS 485 PSV, the shipbuilding firm said. Severnaya Veft executed the turn key newbuild contract for the Norwegian company Solvik Hull Supplies II AS, part of Solvik Offshore Group.
The vessel was designed for transportation of drilling mud, dry bulk, general cargo and methanol on the open deck, for participation in the rescue and evacuation operations and extinguishing fires at oil platforms in the storm environment of the North Atlantic.
The designer is Norway-based Vik-Sandvik. Classification Society - Det Norske Veritas / DNV (Norway), flag - NIS (Norway).
Ship dimensions: length overall - 85 m, beam - 20 m, depth - 7 m, deadweight - 5 tons. The ship’s cargo deck capacity - 1005 sqm, operational speed - 16 knots.
Severnaya Verf has cooperated with Norwegian design and shipping companies since 2004. In 2005, the shipbuilding firm secured a contract from Eidesvik Drift AS for two PSVs hulls of project VS 470PSV MkII, which were delivered to the customer in 2006. In 2008 the company signed a contract with Siddis Skipper II AS for another PSV hull and later the customer decided to sign with the shipbuilder a turn-key newbuild contract of project VS470PSV MkII with delivery deadline in August 2010.
In 2008, Severnaya Verf landed a contract with Solvik Hull Supplies and Solvik Hull Supplies II AS, part of Solvik Offshore group, for two hulls of project VS485PSV. One hull of project VS485 was delivered to the customer (Solvik Hull Supplies AS) in November 2009. The second hull order was updated with a turn-key newbuild contract. The VS485 project vessel is scheduled for in September 2011.
JSC Shipbuilding Plant "Severnaya Verf" (Northern Shipyard) is one of the leading companies of the Russian defense industry. The firm has been part of United Industrial Corporation (Moscow) since 2004. The shipyard specializes in building cruisers, destroyers, minesweepers, patrol vessels and antisubmarine, research and passenger vessels, timber cargo carriers, trawlers, container ships and ro-ro vessels.