North Sea accommodation wins for Norwegian fabricator

March 21, 2013
Apply Leirvik has won contracts to build two offshore living quarters for three major new platform-based developments offshore Norway and eastern Canada.

Offshore staff

STORD, Norway – Apply Leirvik has won contracts to build two offshore living quarters for three major new platform-based developments offshore Norway and eastern Canada.

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, astopsides contractor for the Gina Krog (ex-Dagny) project in the North Sea, has commissioned a six-floor, 3,600-sq m (38,750-sq ft) aluminum living quarters module.

This will include 70 single cabins, offices, recreation areas, change rooms, a central control room, helicopter deck, and other facilities. Delivery is scheduled for 2Q 2016. This will be the 21st living quarters (LQ) supplied by Apply to the project’s operator Statoil.

Apply Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in South Korea has signed a letter of intent for delivery of a steel, seven-level, 3,700-sq m (39,826-sq ft) LQ module for Total’sMartin Linge field platform in the North Sea. In this case Apply’s LQ & Helidecks division will perform the work.

The specifications include 95 single cabins, recreation areas, change rooms, helicopter deck and other facilities, with delivery set for 2Q 2016.

3/21/2013