Norway: Kleven Maritime Holds Naming Ceremony for Multipurpose Vessel Olympic Commander

Kleven’s Alesund yard on Saturday January 14th held naming ceremony for advanced Multi Purpose Field Supply & Construction Vessel of the MT 6015 design ‘Olympic Commander’ . This modern multipurpose vessel can be used both as a PSV, as construction vessels and within the subsea segment.

Olympic Commander is the first of three ships of the MT 6015 Kleven design ordered by Olympic Shipping. The naming ceremony of the new vessel was witnessed by the owners, yards representatives and hundreds of guests who took the opportunity to take a look inside the vessel.

These vessels represent a new generation of environmentally friendly and operational state of the art multipurpose vessels, where much attention is put on fuel economy, low emissions and large capacities both above and below deck. Class notation Ice C provides for suitability in northern areas, and the vessels will be equipped for oil recovery operations (NOFO 2009). Dead weight is 4 800 tons, length 93,8 meters, beam 20 meters, deck space 1 060 m2. The accommodation area has a capacity of 60 persons. The MT 6015 is being built in accordance with the new SPS code, and will include facilities that will make the vessel very well suited to ROV and subsea construction work.

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, January 16, 2012; Image: klevenmaritime