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  • WATCH: Building Island Venture

    2 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    The video above shows the largest offshore vessel so far from Norwegian Ulstein Verft the ‘Island Venture’, hull number 302. The Ulstein SX165-design vessel measures 159.9 meters in length and 30 meters in the beam. It was redesigned and increased in both length and beam during the engineering phase (was originally 147.5 metres long with […]

  • Norway: CGGVeritas, Eidesvik Take Delivery of New Ulstein Design Seismic Vessel

    3 October 2011
    Business & Finance

      ULSTEIN delivers the seismic research vessel Oceanic Sirius to Eidesvik and CGGVeritas on 3 October. Oceanic Sirius is designed and built in accordance with strict environmental standards and equipped with state-of-the-art technology for advanced seismic research operations. She is owned by a joint venture between Eidesvik and CGGVeritas. The vessel was named in a […]

  • Island Constructor to pick up next-gen subsea equipment

    20 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology, Vessels

    Island Offshore’s subsea vessel Island Constructor is set to pick up new, next-generation subsea equipment after it completes an assignment in January. Island Constructor, build 279 from Ulstein Verft, will return to the yard in January for a service assignment.  The vessel will finish a well service campaign just after year-end and go to Bergen […]

  • SOV Crews Prefer Astern Operations at OWFs

    6 December 2016

    Ulstein reported today that operational feedback on Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) had shown SOV crews choose to operate the vessels in astern mode at least 50% of the time at offshore wind farms.  The company has delivered three SOVs so far, one to Siem Offshore Contractors and two to Bernhard Schulte Offshore. A vessel’s ability to back […]

  • Golden Energy Offshore to manage Blue Ship’s PSVs

    18 November 2014

    Norway based Golden Energy Offshore has entered into management contracts for two PX121 designed platform supply vessels under construction at Ulstein Verft for Blue Ship Invest. The vessels are due for delivery in Q1 2015. According to Ulstein, a total of 30 vessels of the ULSTEIN PX121 has been ordered by various ship owners for […]

  • USA: Dredger Newport Loses Ulstein Z-Drive in Calcasieu Channel

    15 April 2011

    Just weeks after one of their dredgers struck a subsea production pipeline in Calcasieu Channel, Manson Construction Company sustained… (gcaptain) [mappress] Source: gcaptain, April 15, 2011;  

  • High-Capacity Subsea Vessel That Refuses to Accept Failure

    28 August 2012

    Ulstein Group has joined forces with GC Rieber Shipping to offer the market a new standard in operational security and performance – a ship that refuses to accept failure, thanks to the pioneering ‘operation+’ philosophy. GC Rieber Shipping, the Norway-based harsh environment shipping specialist, has charged ULSTEIN with developing a high-capacity subsea vessel based on […]

  • Ulstein: Prize Winning Stinger Handling System to Improve Pipe-Laying (VIDEO)

    17 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    ULSTEIN is currently customizing their innovative Chain type Stinger Handling system concept for three different companies on three different continents. The compact system improves both the vessel design and pipe-lay operations, and as acknowledgment on April 16th 2013, the equipment has won the bi-annual IRO Innovation Prize. The participants casted their votes for the 4 […]

  • Nexans holds naming ceremony for CLV Aurora

    9 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Vessels

    Nexans and Ulstein Verft have held the naming ceremony for the newbuild DP3 cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the project progress has been steady and the vessel was delivered on time on 31 May, three years after the signing of the shipbuilding contract, Ulstein said. “The delivery of the CLV […]

  • Blue Thunder PSV Ready for Statoil Contract

    8 May 2013

    The Platform Supply Vessel Blue Thunder was named at Ulstein Verft in Norway today, 8 May 2013. The ship is the fourth of six PX121 designs for Blue Ship Invest, and HR director Torild Bugge in Ulstein Group was the Lady Sponsor. Blue Thunder will be operated by Atlantic Offshore and has received a four-month […]

  • Island Constructor Set for Draugen Job

    19 July 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Norske Shell has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway for the use of riserless light well intervention (RLWI) vessel, Island Constructor, for the start-up of well 6407/9-G-5 on the Draugen field. Draugen is an oil field in the Norwegian Sea in 250 metres of water, around 150 km north of Kristiansund. The field […]

  • Polarcus Bags Another Survey Job, Offshore West Africa

    12 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Polarcus Limited, a U.A.E based seismic specialist that operates a fleet of high performance 3D seismic vessels  has signed a Letter of Intent with an undisclosed client for a 3D seismic acquisition project offshore West Africa. The project will commence in January and is expected to run for approximately four months. Polarcus also signed a […]

  • Oceana Selects ULSTEIN’s PSV Designs

    17 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Brazilian shipowning company Oceana Offshore will be building two platform supply vessels (PSV) with an option for two additional vessels based on the PX105 design from ULSTEIN. The vessels will be built at the new yard, Oceana Shipyard in Itajai, Brazil, and are scheduled for delivery in April and May 2016, respectively. “Oceana Offshore […]

  • Image of the Day: Razor-Sharp X-BOW

    22 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    Well this is a sight we don’t have a chance of seeing too often. The image shows an offshore construction vessel (OCV), featuring Ulstein’s X-BOW design, taking shape at Ulstein Verft. On the wide angle view, the OCV vessel is seen flaunting its fresh paint job. The vessel, currently known as hull number Yno 302, […]

  • Merkur SOV Readying For Sea Trials

    11 February 2020

    GE Renewable Energy’s service operations vessel (SOV) is undergoing final tests at Ulstein Verft’s shipyard in Norway in preparation for sea trials. Ulstein has now floated out the vessel from the outer dock to start the final tests. The sea trials are expected to start in early March. The SOV, owned and operated by Bernhard […]

  • Merkur SOV Readying For Sea Trials

    11 February 2020

    GE Renewable Energy’s service operations vessel (SOV) is undergoing final tests at Ulstein Verft’s shipyard in Norway in preparation for sea trials. Ulstein has now floated out the vessel from the outer dock to start the final tests. The sea trials are expected to start in early March. The SOV, owned and operated by Bernhard […]

  • Acta Marine’s CSV hull arrives in Norway

    16 November 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Acta Marine’s new built Ulstein SX195 walk to work vessel hull has arrived in Norway for the final construction phase. Marine support services provider Acta Marine said on Thursday that the new walk-to-work construction support vessel Acta Auriga arrived at Ulstein Verft. Upon completion of the hull, Acta Auriga was launched in dry-dock and prepared for […]

  • Ocean Explorer launched in China

    18 August 2020
    Vessels

    SunStone’s new expedition cruise vessel, the Ocean Explorer, has been launched at the China Merchants Heavy Industries (CMHI) shipyard, China, on August 12, 2020. The ship is the fourth unit in the INFINITY class of X-BOW expedition ships, all designed by Ulstein. Ocean Explorer’s sister vessels are Greg Mortimer which was delivered in September 2019, […]

  • Atlantic Offshore to Manage ‘Blue Protector’ PSV

    7 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    A new management agreement has been signed with Blue Ship Invest AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ulstein Group. Atlantic Offshore will be responsible for commercial and technical management of Blue Protector, a newbuilding of PX121 design, upon its delivery from Ulstein Verft in September 2013. Blue Protector is the last delivery in a series […]

  • All Nexans Aurora grand blocks in place

    28 April 2020
    Vessels

    All the grand blocks for Nexans’ cable laying vessel (CLV) Nexans Aurora have been assembled at the CRIST hull yard in Poland. According to Nexans, work tasks such as some steelwork, outfitting and paintwork now need to be carried out before the hull can be towed to Ulstein Verft in Norway for finalizing. Nexans Aurora is […]

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    1 December 2013

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  • Atlantic Offshore Signs Management Agreement for PSV Blue Protector

    7 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    A new management agreement has been signed with Blue Ship Invest AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ulstein Group. Atlantic Offshore will be responsible for commercial and technical management of Blue Protector, a newbuilding of PX121 design, upon its delivery from Ulstein Verft in September 2013. Blue Protector is the last delivery in a series […]

  • First SOV for Siemens’ Offshore Wind Farms Delivered (Gallery)

    23 June 2016

    Ulstein Verft today delivered a service operation vessel (SOV) ordered by Bernhard Schulte in 2015 to operate on Siemens’ offshore wind projects. The SOV is the first of two being constructed for Bernhard Schulte Offshore and chartered out to Siemens Wind Power Service. It will be deployed at the Gemini offshore wind farm off the Netherlands, while the second […]

  • Island Offshore Takes Delivery of ‘Island Performer’

    8 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Ulstein Verft subsea newbuild, ‘Island Performer’, was delivered today to ship owner Island Offshore. The flexible, state-of-the-art RLWI/IMR vessel will serve her first five years for FTO in the Gulf of Mexico. “The vessel is customised to suit the scope of work in the FTO contract, in which RLWI (Riser-less Light Well Intervention) and […]

  • GC Rieber’s Polar Onyx Ready for Final Outfitting

    20 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    GC Rieber’s Polar Onyx was recently launched at Ulstein Verft, and is now a ready for the final outfitting stage at the yard. GC Rieber has a charter agreement with Ceona Services (UK) Limited for its high capacity subsea newbuild for a fixed period of 5 years, with options for up to five years. The […]