Rolls-Royce secures major deck machinery contract for six vessels
The vessels are built for deep-water operations and potential customers are international oil and construction companies
The contract with Kleven is worth in excess of GBP 54 million to Rolls-Royce, and includes an option for an additional four vessels. This represents the largest single contract for deck machinery that Rolls-Royce has won.
The 95m-long and 25m-wide DP2 vessels will be built at Kleven's two shipyards in Norway, Kleven Verft and Myklebust Verft.
Each vessel is of Salt200 design and will be equipped with a triple drum main anchor handling winch with a pull capacity of 500 tonnes, two secondary winches, cargo securing winches and other auxiliary winches as well as a dry bulk cargo system. The delivery from Rolls-Royce also includes rudders and steering gear for all six vessels. An additional option for an anchor recovery frame, used for assisting launch and recovery of anchors, is also specified.
The first six vessels are to be delivered from the Kleven yards between the fourth quarter of 2016 and the third quarter of 2017. If options for an additional four vessels are declared, the last vessel in the series will be delivered in the first quarter of 2018.
