Offshore Ship Designers UK division OSD-IMT will supply the design for a modified version of its IMT 982 Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) to be built at the new shipyard facility of Honghua Offshore Oil & Gas Equipment in Jiangsu, China. In addition, Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) has ordered six high-specification IMT 984 3700 DWT PSVs designed by OSD-IMT with Universal Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) in Japan, with options for a further four vessels.
The first contract is the result of increased marketing and technical collaboration between OSD group companies. It is contracted through OSD-Shanghai, with OSD-Singapore providing design engineering technical support to OSD Shanghai for design modification. The basic class-approved design documentation and design licence is provided by OSD-IMT Ltd, Montrose, UK.
Load Particulars
The 83.2-metre long PSV has a deck area of 900 m² and can carry 1330 m³ of fuel oil, 800 m³ of potable fresh water, 980 m³ of liquid mud/brine, 1350 m³ of drill water/water ballast, 265 m³ of dry bulk and 170 m³ of base oil. It has a maximum load deadweight of about 4,000 tonnes at 6.0 m draught.
Ship Propulsion
A diesel electric propulsion system is fitted comprising four main diesel generators, 2 x 1900 kW frequency controlled electric motor-driven azimuth thrusters for main propulsion and 2 x 800 kW frequency controlled electric motor driven tunnel thrusters fitted forward. The vessel is classed with Lloyd’s Register of Shipping and is fitted with a DP2 system. It has accommodation for a crew of 28 persons and has a trial speed of 14.0 knots.
SPO Order
The vessels for SPO will be built in USC’s Keihin Shipyard and delivered progressively from the third quarter of 2014. These orders follow on from the one placed in late 2011 for four OSD-IMT-designed IMT 997 5000 DWT PSVs at USC’s Maizuru Shipyard and 4 IMT 997 PSVs at the EISA Shipyard, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Picture: IMT 982 PSV to be built at Honghua Offshore Oil & Gas Equipment in Jiangsu, China
