Kongsberg Maritime to deliver integrated vessel control systems

Sept. 9, 2014
Kongsberg Maritime will deliver integrated vessel control systems for two new Siem Offshore-owned, Helix Energy Solutions Group- chartered well intervention vessels being built at German shipyard Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft.

Offshore staff

KONGSBERG, NorwayKongsberg Maritime will deliver integrated vessel control systems for two new Siem Offshore-owned, Helix Energy Solutions Group-chartered well intervention vessels (WIVs) being built at German shipyard Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG).

Both vessels are due for delivery in 2016, and will provide well-intervention services offshore Brazil forPetrobras, for an initial period of four years with options to extend.

Based on the Salt 307WIV design, the new WIVs (FSG 765 and 766) will have a length of 158 m (518 ft), a beam of 31 m (102 ft), and maximum service speed of 17 knots. The vessels are compliant to MODU code and well-Intervention 2 notation, and will provide accommodations for 150 persons.

The Kongsberg Maritime scope of supply for these two advanced new buildings covers all key navigation, positioning and automation technology, invluding K-Master (forward and aft bridge), K-Pos DP-32 with K-Pos DP-12 as back-up DP, cJoy DP joystick system, dual HiPAP 501 with HAIN reference, HMS 100 helideck monitoring, K-Thrust thruster control, K-Chief 700, K-Safe Fire & Gas and Emergency Shut Down, K-Bridge navigation, and EA 400 hydrographic echo sounder.

09/09/2014