Innovative icebreaking vessels ordered

摘要

A contract to supply design and equipment packages for three icebreaking offshore supply vessels has been won by Rolls-Royce. The vessels will be built at Aker Langsten shipyard in Norway for Swire Pacific Offshore, based in Singapore, for operation in the Sakhalin region. The order is worth approximately Nkr400 million to Rolls-Royce. Swire Pacific Offshore has chosen an entirely new design, the UT 758 ICE, developed by UT-Design in Rolls-Royce. This vessel is a 90m long platform supply vessel with a 19m beam which can navigate independently in thick ice, carrying both deck and bulk cargo. The vessel can also operate in safety standby, firefighting and pollution prevention roles. It is one in a series of icebreaker designs developed by Rolls-Royce; a series that includes anchor handlers, tugs and escort icebreakers, in various sizes and powers.