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On 24 February, ULSTEIN announced the shipbuilding contracts for two new platform supply vessels (PSVs) for Blue Ship Invest. The vessels are of the PX121 design and are scheduled for delivery from Ulstein Verft Q1 2015

The deepwater construction vessel Aegir' and the installation support vessel Siem Moxie' are nominated for OSJ Awards. Both are designed by ULSTEIN.

ULSTEIN's latest design contract for Vroon Offshore Services pushes the total number of offshore ship designs sold past the 100 mark. This milestone has been achieved in 14 years, with 74 of the contracts signed for the X-BOW design.

Ulstein to deliver the PSV Blue Thunder

Fuel-saving PSV design delivered to Hong Kong firm

ULSTEIN BRIDGE VISION Receives Innovation Award

IMR vessel Seven Viking from ULSTEIN

Seven Borealis Nominated for Ship of the Year

The new ships are all scheduled for 2013 delivery Investment company Blue Ship Invest has contracted with Ulstein Werft of Norway for four more PX121 X-bow platform supply ships, following the success of its first PX121. The new ships are all scheduled for 2013 delivery.Blue Ship Invest received PSVBlue Fighter from Ulstein in January this year, and has a second PSV on order, which will be delivered in the third quarter of 2012. According to Ulstein group CEO Gunvor Ulstein,Blue Fighter has been working for the Apache oil company, managed on behalf of Ulstein by Remøy Shipping, and Ulstein has received good feedback. This feedback, combined with developments in the PSV market, led to the latest contractThe PX121 is a medium-sized 83.4m long PSV, with 18m beam, cargo deck of 875m2 and capacity of 4,200 dwt. Maximum speed is around 15 knots and the ship offers accommodation for 24 personnel. The design focuses on efficiency and flexibility, with the ability to operate further from the shore in deeper fields. In addition to tanks for oil, water and drilling fluids, the vessel has four stainless steel tanks for flammable liquids. It is DP2-equipped and meets DNV's Clean Design and ICE-C notations. ...

Development and manufacturing of innovative mission and interface equipment Norway's Ulstein Group has established a new company, Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions. This company will take over the activities of former IDEA Heavy Equipment b.v, a Dutch company with which Ulstein has cooperated with in recent years.Ulstein IDEA Equipment Solutions will be engaged in the development and manufacturing of innovative mission and interface equipment on board vessels, mainly working in demanding markets such as offshore and dredging. Ulstein holds a majority interest in the new company and Ulstein Design and Solutions COO Tore Ulstein says that this is in line with Ulstein's long term strategy.One "tomorrow solution" that the new company will be working on will be mission equipment for vessels such as the Ulstein SX 102 Windlifter.The operational team at Ulstein IDEA Equipment will be headed by Arjan Boezeman and Gilbert Rezette, founders of the former IDEA Heavy Equipment. They will now start working on the further growth of the company together with managing director Bob Rietveldt who is leading the Heavy Offshore segment within Ulstein.Source: Marinelog