Norsafe informed that it has secured its largest ever offshore contract to supply lifesaving appliances to ENI’s Coral South floating LNG (FLNG) facility located in Area 4, approximately 50 km from the Mozambique coast.
Under the agreement, the company will deliver 8 freefall systems containing 5 x GES 50 MKIII with HD-50 davits and 3 x GES 45 with HD-45 davits, to the FLNG facility, which is currently under construction by Samsung Heavy Industries. The davits will be delivered in November 2018 and the lifeboats in February 2021.
The GES 50 MKIII freefall lifeboat will take up to 70 persons and can drop from a height of 47 metres with the GES 45 taking up to 60 persons, having a maximum drop height of 40 metres.
“I am delighted that Norsafe has secured such a prestigious contract to supply the first FLNG facility in Africa,” said Dag Songedal, CEO for Norsafe.