Dolphin’s Newbuild Takes Shape

The newest edition to Dolphin’s fleet, the Polar Empress, owned by GC Rieber Shipping, is starting to take shape.

The advanced seismic vessel will have ice-class 1A, which enables it to navigate in and out of ice infested areas. The vessel will be 113 meters long and 21.5 meters wide, and will have the capacity to accommodate 70 people.

The vessel will be equipped with the capacity to tow 22 streamers.

The seismic company Dolphin Geophysical has contracted the vessel for a fixed period of five years, and the high end vessel will enter this contract directly upon delivery from the yard in March 2015.

The ST-324 XT Design is to be delivered from Kleven Maritime’s Myklebust Yard in Norway.

Subsea World News Staff