ESVAGT orders Havyard CCV

This will be the fourth vessel Havyard Design & Solutions in Herøy has designed for ESVAGT. The first three ships, of the Havyard 832 SOV type, are in various stages of delivery from Havyard’s yard in Leirvik, Norway.

Gisle Vinjevoll Thrane, vice president sales, Havyard Design & Solutions, said: “We have been developing designs for other markets for several years in addition to ships for offshore oil production. We are doing this both in order to be less vulnerable to fluctuations in the offshore market, and in order to utilise our expertise from offshore vessels in other markets.”

The new vessel will be built by the Spanish yard Astilleros Zamakona, which has also built ships for ESVAGT before. The new contract also includes the delivery of a large equipment package consisting, among other things, of propulsion system, navigation, automation and dynamic positioning system (DP)

Zamakona noted that the vessel will have the latest diesel-electric propulsion, offering a reduction in fuel consumption of around 13% compared to conventional diesel propulsion. The CCV will also be the first vessel of its type to feature a Hull Vane foil at the stern, which Zamakona said would reduce consumption by a further 5%.

The vessel will have the capacity to accommodate up to 76 people housed in individual cabins. It will also feature a system of telescopic davits for launching boats working on both sides of the ship.

“The construction of this new vessel serves to strengthen the relationship Zamakona has had with this owner for more than 10 years,” said Pedro Garaygordóbil, president of Astilleros Zamakona. “This contract ensures the workload of our shipyard until 2017 and confirms the confidence that our brand deserves among the largest offshore vessel owners operating in the North Sea.”