Norway: GDF SUEZ Names Newly Built Stand-By Vessel Ocean Alden

Ocean Alden, the newly built stand-by vessel for the Gjøa field has been named at a ceremony at the GDF SUEZ base in Florø. A new subsea warehouse and workshop were inaugurated on the same occasion. The Ocean Alden is 67m long and 18m wide, with a horsepower of 12.000, oil booms and dispersant chemicals for combating oil spills. The vessel will monitor the overall ship traffic on the field and may serve as a  personnel or equipment rescue base.

The new 1100 m² workshop for maintenance of subsea equipment at Fjord Base also holds offices and meeting rooms. The 2800 m² subsea warehouse has already been taken into use.

County Mayor Åshild Kjelsnes was godmother of Ocean Alden, and Flora Mayor Bengt Solheim-Olsen officially inaugurated the new base buildings.

GDF SUEZ E&P Norge has awarded shipowners Atlantic Offshore a 10 year contract for the operation of the Ocean Alden on the Gjøa field.

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, March 23, 2012;