Of the type GustoMSC NG5500C, the Seajacks Zaratan was launched for Seajacks International. A further six selfelevating platforms primarily due to be deployed for the offshore installation of wind turbines are now on the stocks. Finally, two further accommodation semi-submersibles are under construction at yards in the Far East, according to a design from the Schiedam-based engineering firm. Large workboats
The Gold Star is a semi-submersible drilling rig of the type DSS38. (Photograph: GustoMSC)
The self-elevating platform Neptune is deployed for the offshore installation of wind turbines. (Photograph: PAS Publicaties)
handover of the Gold Star and the Alpha Star to Queiroz Galvao Perfuracous, fabricated at the Keppel FELS yard in Singapore, six more semi-submersible rigs of this type are due to be built for deployment in Brazilian waters. GustoMSC has also established an excellent reputation in the wind energy sector with designs for self-elevating platforms and ships. IHC Merwede, for example, has supplied the Neptune to GeoSea from Belgium, while the JB-117 was delivered to Jack-Up Barge from Sliedrecht, by Drydocks World. These two platforms are of the type GustoMSC SEA-2500 and GustoMSC SEA-3250, respectively. Furthermore, at the NPCC yard in Abu Dhabi, a unit of the type GustoMSC 2500X was recently delivered to the National Petroleum Construction Company. Four units of the large type GustoMSC NG-9000C were handed over in 2012, including the Brave Tern and Bold Tern to Fred Olsen Windcarrier, and the Sea Installer to A2SEA.
Another highly successful player, responsible for designing innovative workboats including the Seven Borealis, the brandnew flagship of Subsea 7, is Ulstein Sea of Solutions from Vlaardingen. The Seven Borealis is a vessel of the type SOC 5000, a state-of-the-art pipelay and heavylift construction vessel, equipped with a Huisman heavy mast crane with a lifting capacity of 5,000 tonnes. The vessel, fabricated at the Sembawang yard in Singapore, was equipped with its pipelay installation at Huisman, in Schiedam. In November 2012, Subsea 7 signed a contract with Total E&P Norge to deploy this vessel for the development of the Martin Linge gas field, located 180 kilometres west of Bergen in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The ship was also nominated for the Ship of the Year Award 2012, presented by the Offshore Support Journal. Another remarkable vessel of the type SOC 5000 is the dp 3 monohull deepwater construction vessel Aegir, fabricated at the DSME yard in South Korea on behalf of Heerema Marine Contractors. The Aegir is equipped with a Huisman heavy mast crane with a lifting capacity of 4,000 tonnes. This vessel is expected to be operational by mid2013. Ulstein Sea of Solutions was also responsible for designing the DLS 4000, a derrick lay vessel which ran off the slipway at Zhenhua Heavy industries in China, destined for the National Petroleum Construction Company from Abu Dhabi. This workboat is a modified version of the SOC 3000 design. Among the range of products available from Ulstein Sea of Solutions are innovative designs for various types of drillships, derrick pipelay vessels, heavylift vessels and wind turbine installation vessels. The reputation of Huisman has been based on a series of designs, including those for very compact drillships for drilling in deep water, equipped for the purpose with a compact box type drilling tower. Examples of these vessels are the Bully I and II and the Noble Globetrotter I and II. Smaller workboats IJmuiden-based Offshore Ship Designers (OSD Holland) have established their reputation on the design of a
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