OSD to design Chinese-built PSV

摘要

Offshore Ship Designers' UK division OSD-IMT has been awarded a contract to supply the design for a modified version of its IMT 982 Platform Supply Vessel to be built at the new shipyard facility of Honghua Offshore Oil & Gas Equipment in Jiangsu, China. The 83.2-meter-long PSV will have a deck area of 900 m~2 and can carry 1,330 m~3 of fuel oil, 800 m3 of potable fresh water, 980 m3 of liquid mud/brine, 1,350 m~3 of drill water/ water ballast, 265 m~3 of dry bulk and 170 m~3 of base oil. The PSV will have a maximum deadweight load of about 4,000 tonnes at 6 m draft. The PSV will have accommodations for a crew of 28.