Offshore Vessel Designs Spotlighted at Offshore Energy 2014

Various speakers from the offshore industry will provide an update on the latest in offshore ship concepts, design and construction during the Offshore Energy 2014 exhibition and conference in Amsterdam later this month.

These will include updates on: What’s on the drawing board, what’s being built or has recently been taken to the water.

Latest offshore vessels

Edward Heerema, president of Allseas will share news about the single-lift vessel “Pieter Schelte” in his update on the state of the industry and GustoMSCs newest drillship design class will be presented by Sjoerd Hendriks. The design characteristics and safety features incorporated in the rig design are based on recommendations taken from the Macondo incident evaluation reports.

Royal IHC is designing and building 10 pipe layers for Brazil, of which three have now been delivered within 36 months. Ronald van Son, Product Director of Custom Built Vessels at Royal IHC will present the design and integration of the mission equipment.

He will include an update on the pipe lay simulator which IHC has developed for training the crew.

Sulfur emissions limit

As of 1 January 2015, the sulfur emissions limit applicable to ships and offshore support vessels (OSVs) operating in emission control areas (ECAs) will drop to no more than 0.10 %.

Innovative design solutions are being proposed and work is being done with regulators, owners and operators to develop written regulations and processes to address these technical challenges.

Which class issues are faced when designing, fabricating and operating an LNG fueled OSV in the North American ECA? Lynnda Pekel of ABS will set the scene and list the requirements vessels need to comply with.

Aerodynamically alleviated marine vehicles

Maurizio Collu, who is a lecturer at Cranfield University (H2Ocean Consortium) thinks there is potential for a ‘breakthrough’ commercial opportunity for the AAMV concept, utilizing the wing in ground effect technology.

By bridging the speed/payload gap between ships and airplanes, a fast crew transport vessel for offshore oil rigs or wind farms far from shore can be an alternative to helicopters.

All this and more will be shared during an informative session at the Offshore Energy Conference on 29 October in Amsterdam.

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Press Release, October 9, 2014; Image: Navingo