With the contract for the Casco Enabler, a high specification DP3 800 POB monohull accommodation vessel by Casco Offshore, Ulstein Sea of Solutions enters a new offshore market segment.
Ulstein uses its Deepwater Enabler design as a base case and is working in close collaboration with Casco, a specialised accommodation subsidiary of the TMA Group, to optimise it to Casco’s needs.
Capex, Opex and Technical Aspects
Special consideration has been given to Capex, Opex and technical aspects like safety, high performance station keeping, crew comfort and logistics on board. The ship is said to be commercially attractive should become the most competitive vessel in the market once the first vessel is delivered in Q4 2016.
The vessel has isolated, separated areas for accommodation, common areas and work areas. It features an internal atrium providing daylight in almost all of the cabins, and will have European standard fit out in all accommodation areas. Comfort for all personnel on board is increased by having a free standing funnel stack completely physically removed from the accommodation, hence avoiding structurally induced noise. The vessel meets DNV Comfort Class notation.
Telescopic Gangway, Offshore Crane and Fire-Fighting System
The vessel will be equipped with a telescopic gangway to facilitate safe and comfortable personnel transfer to platforms. An offshore crane with a lifting capacity of 50t @ 16m is located at SB aft quarter. The crane foundation and integration in the vessel hull has already been prepared for future upgrade to up to a 500 tons crane, including space allocation in the vessel lay-out for an anti-heeling system. The vessel also features a fire-fighting system equivalent to FiFi 1 class.
Main Dimensions of the Casco Enabler
- Loa: (length over all) 144.6 m
- Lpp (length between perpendiculars): 138.8 m
- Beam (moulded): 33.0 m
- Depth (main deck): 18.9 m
- Operating draught: 7.0 m
- Service speed: 12 kn
- Installed power: 6 x 4,750 kW
- Positioning: DP3
- Class: DNV
- Complement: 800 persons
