Next successful step into the Offshore market: FSG wins order for two Well Intervention Vessels
Flensburger-Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) is happy to report an order from Offshore vessel operator Siem Offshore, based in Kristiansand, Norway, for two identical newbuildings for well intervention services, based on a 307 WIV design of the Norwegian company SALT Ship Design.
FSG has made a name for itself over the past 15 years as the world leader in the building of RoRo and RoPax ships, and entered the Offshore market with two orders for Dutch operator RollDock as well as two orders for Seismic vessels for WesternGeco. For the Flensburg-based yard, this is another successful step in the expansion of its production portfolio. Managing Director Peter Sierk said “we have been working in the Offshore sector for some years now and this order of complex products proves that we have established our position in this high-tech market.
The two vessels will be owned by Siem Offshore and chartered by the worldwide leading Offshore service provider Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.
The new WIVs will have a length of 158 metres, a beam of 31 metres and a max. service speed of 17 knots. The vessels are compliant to MODU code and Well Intervention 2 notation. They provide accommodation for 150 persons.
Delivery of the two new orders from the yard is scheduled for February 2016, respectively July 2016. Afterwards they will be equiped with Helix topside equipment.
Still on the yard’s order book are one multifunctional heavy-lift ship for RollDock (Netherlands), two seismic vessels for WesternGeco (England), and one RoPax ferry for the Scottish ferry company Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd.