Offshore staff
BERGEN, Norway – Dong Fang Offshore Co., Ltd. (DFO) has purchased the construction and flex lay vessel Polar Onyx from GC Rieber Shipping.
According to DFO, this is the first flexible lay vessel owned by a Taiwanese company. It will also be the first vessel of its kind to fly the Taiwanese flag once reflagging is completed in the first half of 2022.
The vessel is currently in Europe, but it is expected to arrive in Taiwan in the first half of 2022.
DFO said it will convert the Polar Onyx to a cable laying vessel. The conversion is expected to be completed by the end of 2023.
Built at Ulstein Verft in 2014, the vessel is 130 m (427 ft) long, 25 m (82 ft) wide and is fitted with a DP-3 positioning system and a 250-metric ton heave compensated crane. She is fitted with diesel-electric propulsion, accommodation for 130 persons, more than 1,700 sq m (18,299 sq ft) of deck space, and two fully integrated work class ROVs.
12/21/2021
