The ship is designed specifically for transportation of hazardous chemicals and waste products
Rolls-Royce says that it has won a ‘Ship of the Year’ industry award for its new wave piercing ship design. The ‘Far Solitaire’, a UT 754 WP PSV was named ‘Ship of the Year’ at the SMM show in Hamburg.
According to Rolls-Royce, Far Solitaire is the third Rolls-Royce designed vessel to win theSkipsrevyenaward in the past five years, and is the first to feature the new Rolls-Royce wave piercing bow, a striking design which, by cutting through waves rather than riding over them, reduces fuel consumption and greatly improves crew comfort and safety.
The ship is designed specifically for transportation of hazardous chemicals and waste products to and from oil and gas platforms. It will enter service in the North Sea with Farstad Shipping, in October.
tony wood, rolls-royce, president – marine, said: “We are delighted to have won this award, and look forward to seeing the Far Solitaire enter service with Farstad in the coming weeks. Rolls-Royce UT vessel designs are the benchmark for the offshore oil and gas industry and we are proud to again receive this award which recognises our cutting edge ship design.Far Solitaire represents a new era for our offshore vessel designs and combines a wide range of sophisticated marine technology and the latest hull design to deliver significant improvements in efficiency, both through fuel consumption and increased cargo capacity.”
TheFar Solitaire is equipped with a Rolls-Royce propulsion system, including main engines, azipull thrusters and a DP system.
Previous Rolls-Royce designed ships to win the award are theFar Samson, said to be the world’s most powerful offshore vessel, and theIsland Wellserver – a well intertervention vessel which carries out maintenance and construction work on oil wells located on the seabed. The company says that around 700 Rolls-Royce designed UT vessels are either in service or under construction around the world.
