The Keel laying ceremony of two Platform Vessel Ships (BY85 & BY 86), being built by CSL for SCI, was conducted at a the shipyard. The Keel of BY 85 laid down by Shri V Radhakrishnan, Director (Technical) and the keel of BY 86 was laid by Shri Ravikumar Roddam, Director (Finance) in the presence of Shri B Chakravarthy, GM (Technical Services), SCI.
These vessels are the first of the Rolls Royce UT 755CD design being built by CSL. These are medium segment Diesel Electric PSV’s designed to cater to meet the all round needs of the Offshore oil and gas industry. The vessel with length of 78 M and breadth of 16 M meets the highest levels of environmental safety denoted by the CLEAN DESIGN notation of M/s Det Norske Veritas and will be dual classed by Indian Register of Shipping, The vessel in addition to the normal offshore supply operations, is capable of carrying methanol and is equipped with Firefighter-I equipment and Dynamic positioning Grade 2 equipment. Accommodation of high standards meeting Comfort Class requirements is arranged for people.
This is the 25th & 26th PSV being built by CSL in a time span of 5 years.
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Source: cochinshipyard, September 2, 2011; Image:tu.no