Wartsila secures COSL deal
Wärtsilä Ship Design, has secured a contract to supply China Oilfield Services (COSL) the designs for a total of six new ships - two platform supply vessels (PSVs) and four anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels, Seatrade Asia online reports. The vessels will initially provide support operations in the South China Sea and Bohai Bay.
The PSVs are based on Wärtsilä Ship Design’s VS 485 PSV MKIII design that offers a highly energy and environmentally efficient vessel solution with an optimised hull design for greater efficiency, with corresponding reduced emissions, while the the AHTS vessels will use the VS 4612 AHTS design.