Havyard secures contract with new customer in new segment

The ships will be designated Havyard 832 SOV, and will be 83.7m long, 17.6m wide and have a 14 knot speed capability. Havyard says that as well as a new customer, this order is a new type of vessel for the group, although the basic design is taken from its PSV portfolio. The ships are due to be delivered from Havyard Ship Technology`s yard in Leirvik in December 2014 and March 2015.

“We are very pleased by agreeing this contract with Esvagt for delivery of their new windmill service vessels,” said sales manager Gisle Vinjevoll Thrane. “We have worked with Esvagt and these projects over a long period of time and it has been a demanding process. Esvagt is a very competent and professional customer and is a market leader within their field of expertise. This is both challenging and rewarding.”

Design manager Arve Leine of Havyard Design & Solutions spoke about the recycling of familiar technology. “This design is based on our PSVs where we have incorporated technology that is used to serve the needs for service and maintenance of offshore windmill installations. There is of course a list of new demands put onto a vessel of this design and in cooperation with Esvagt we have reached a new design that we think will perform these assignments in the safest and most economical way,” he said. “Main capabilities for such a vessel is that it needs to be a stable, secure and comfortable work platform for the crew working on the windmill installations and that it has capacities for carrying necessary equipment and cargo. In addition, the vessel must of course be operation-economical, both in transit between harbour and installations and when it is positioned by the installations. We have therefore put huge emphasis on optimizing hull in relation to fuel economy and sea keeping capabilities, in addition to arrangement of cargo capabilities, machinery and accommodation for crew.”