Ship number four of totally twelve platform supply vessels of ULSTEIN’s PX105 design, ‘Sea Spark’, was delivered from Zhejiang, Ningbo, to Seatankers Group 23rd of October, 2013.
ULSTEIN delivers twelve design and equipment packages to the Chinese yard, where all the vessels for Seatankers Group will be constructed. The packages include design, engineering and equipment supplies. The ships comply with the DNV requirements of the Clean or Clean Design standards.
The ship is designed with the patented X-BOW® hull line design. These vessels have low vibration levels, resulting in increased comfort, and no speed loss due to the elimination of bow wave impact. The vessels can maintain higher speed even in foul weather, and the operational window is increased.
‘Sea Spark’ measures 88.9 metres long and 19 metres in the beam. She has a dead weight of 4,500 tonnes and a loading deck area of approximately 1,000 m2. The vessel is equipped with a diesel-electric propulsion system. She is fitted with Azipull 100 propellers, and can reach speeds of 15.5 knots.
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Press Release, October 23, 2013