'Executive standard' accommodation

摘要

The imminent delivery of Edda Accommodation's 40,000gt floatel Edda Fortis is attracting industry interest on a number of levels. The vessel, which will be handed over to the operator in December this year, builds on the acclaimed, four-years old Edda Fides., which, at the time of her handover, was lauded as being the world's first purpose-built monohull offshore accommodation unit. Edda Fides might have been viewed as something of a novelty back then. Delivered from Spain's Astillero Barreras yard in March 2011, the 130m (loa) x 27m x 9.4m vessel avoided the typical jack-up rig-styled design favoured by many accommodation unit designers. Neither was it the case of an existing vessel being fitted with extra berths and repurposed as a floatel. With the capacity for 600 persons spread across 310 cabins, 1,400m2 of deck area and a dynamic positioning 3 (DP3) system for enhanced onboard comfort and stability, Edda Fides raised the bar for what a high-end accommodation unit could resemble. Onboard facilities such as an exercise room, a swimming pool, library and theatre spaces and conference rooms, and internet connectivity throughout, suggested that here was a vessel built very much around the requirements of offshore personnel, rather than a mere container in which to stuff as many workers as possible. Since her delivery, Edda Fides has been deployed in projects spanning the North Sea, Australia and the Mediterranean.