Offshore staff
HOUSTON– Ultra Deep Solutions (UDS) has entered a contract to build one ultra-deep installer – multipurpose diving support construction vessel (DSCV), with an option for second vessel with Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC).
The vessel, which is based on the proprietary design “Red Class 6027” MT design DSCV, is a DP3, 142-m (466-ft) multipurpose subsea DSCV, and the planned delivery of the first vessel is early 2017.
The contract, with an investment value of $200 million for each vessel, marks UDS’s strategy to provide vessels with high-tech solutions to the offshore industry worldwide. The DP3 18-man twin-bell diving support construction vessel is being designed to operate up to 4,000-m (13,123-ft) water depth, in collaboration withMarin Teknikk Norway, a global ship designer.
09/02/2014
