World's OFFSHORE VESSELS

[Sterkoder]

"Ocean West" sailing out of Kristiansund harbour this afternoon....

[ombugge]

Here is a real old lady, built as M.S."Lappland" at Eriksberg in 1959 as a Ore Carrier, converted to Drillship in Hong Kong in 1982 and still going strong.
I was the Captain on her for a few months back in 1997. The last Owners had gone bust and a French company had bought her. We worked for UNOCAL in Thailand.

Now belonging to Northern Offshore (John Frederiksen)
Link: http://www.northernoffshorelimited.c...NOF%20Short%20
Specifications%20-%20Energy%20Searcher%20Aug%202008.pdf

I took these pictures OPL S'pore a few days ago, where she is waiting on new assignment.













I will check if I have any "action pictures" from my last visit to the Searcher, while working for Talisman off Malaysia in 2006.

[pilotdane]

How was the view from the bridge of Energy Searcher? It looks like the drill rig completely blocks the forward view.

[pakarang]

Now that is an amazing looking vessel... nothing like anything I have ever seen at sea.

I find it very interesting studying such vessels though.

[ombugge]

How was the view from the bridge of Energy Searcher? It looks like the drill rig completely blocks the forward view.

As you can imagine, not too good. I used to insist on having a look-out on each bridge wing when we were sailing, even in open sea, but that was not popular with the Rig Superintendent. He wanted all hands to WORK.

She has a radar scanner and CCTV camera pointing fwrd. but that does not do much in a court of law. That became clear to most after she had a collision in the Singapore Starit sometime in 2004 or 2005.

[Sterkoder]

"Skandi Seven" in Kristiansund harbour this afternoon









All photos: ©S. Ludvigsen

[Sterkoder]

Left to right: "Skandi Seven", "Island Vanguard", "Rem Provider" (outer) and "Skandi Captain" (inner) at Storkaia dock


The deck of the anchor handler "Island Vanguard"


"Island Vanguard" bridge


"Skandi Captain" and "Rem Provider"


A detail shot. Note the containers, tanks and bascet on deck of the outer ship there. Those are Swire equipment, and I'm in charge of testing the liftpoints and chain with NDT Magnetic Powder at Swire Kristiansund

All photos: ©S. Ludvigsen

[pakarang]

Scandi Seven is an awesome looking vessel! Thanks for the update of today.

Kind of jealous you have all these cool vessels to look at.

[pilotdane]

I like the lines of Skandi Seven. The helipad looks much better located down on the bow with the bridge above. The helipad appears to have been part of the design from the beginning. Though I do not think I would want to be on the bridge right at eye level with the spinning rotor blades.

I have never liked the helipads mounted high on support columns, with the bridge looking out underneath. It looks like an after thought. I know the pad does not add too much weight, but it just makes a ship look top heavy.
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Sterkoder: Do you fail many items or find problems? Is the duty so harsh that the lift points crack/fail?

[Sterkoder]

Sterkoder: Do you fail many items or find problems? Is the duty so harsh that the lift points crack/fail?

We have criterias from Det Norske Veritas, and company criterias on what's relevant and non-relevant indications. Since I started 1st September 2008, I guess I've stoped 6 containers.
Failed sling (chains), I don't have the number.... (It's many, and that's because there are narrow margins on the lifting chains)

As for the chains, we order new once and mount on the containers. Failed containers are being repaired and welded by approved welders with DNV welding certificates.

You know, SAFETY FIRST!

[Sterkoder]

Kind of jealous you have all these cool vessels to look at.

You know, there are three vessels of a certain size over at Ottersøya you can make some great pictures out of, I belive: "Folla", "Frøyhav" and "Gullhav".

Down in Rørvik, by the Strandgata, is right now "Namdalingen"...., what I belive is a tri-maran. Would love pictures of your quality of that one...

In the harbour, down by the Nyvegen inside the breakwater, right now is "Hillebo"...., a red vessel which has very nice classic lines.
And of course you have the SAR-vessel "Harald V" over at Havnegata...

I know you can take unusual and great pictures of all these...

EDIT: And if you read this now, "Hordafor 4" is sailing towards Rørvik with 8,7 knots coming up to Leka. (I would love pictures of that one, because I've never seen pictures of her), and also the huge stone/gravel-layer "Trimnes" is heading your way with 11,8 knots coming up to Leka. "Trimnes" is ahead of "Hordafor 4"..

[pakarang]

You know, there are three vessels of a certain size over at Ottersøya you can make some great pictures out of, I belive: "Folla", "Frøyhav" and "Gullhav".

Down in Rørvik, by the Strandgata, is right now "Namdalingen"...., what I belive is a tri-maran. Would love pictures of your quality of that one...

In the harbour, down by the Nyvegen inside the breakwater, right now is "Hillebo"...., a red vessel which has very nice classic lines.
And of course you have the SAR-vessel "Harald V" over at Havnegata...

I know you can take unusual and great pictures of all these...

EDIT: And if you read this now, "Hordafor 4" is sailing towards Rørvik with 8,7 knots coming up to Leka. (I would love pictures of that one, because I've never seen pictures of her), and also the huge stone/gravel-layer "Trimnes" is heading your way with 11,8 knots coming up to Leka. "Trimnes" is ahead of "Hordafor 4"..

WAOW... I'm certainly impressed... you know locations way better than I do. How embarrassing is that? No idea where Nyvegen is....

Namdalingen is a HSC catamaran and has been photographed numerous times, and posted in the HSC thread:

Old forum: http://captainsvoyage.7.forumer.com/...&highlight=hsc

New forum: http://www.captainsvoyage-forum.com/...ht=Namdalingen

Harald V has also been photographed numerous times:

Old forum: http://captainsvoyage.7.forumer.com/...t=nssr&start=8

New forum: http://www.captainsvoyage-forum.com/...read.php?t=122

Some older images of Trimnes also:

Old forum: http://captainsvoyage.7.forumer.com/...=trimnes#35178

The rest, I'll head out and look for: as I have nothing else on my schedule today..

[Sterkoder]

I have never liked the helipads mounted high on support columns

You know, on "Skandi Seven" and other modern offshore vessels, the helipad is integrated in the design from the drawingboard.
The problem with helipads mounted on columns, are that it almost always require (not required by the authorities due to the helipad) several crewmembers on the bridge during night/dark time sailing.

The reason is that the lighthouses send out their light signals periodically and the light signals are also used to identify lighthouses so that they know in an instant what light they are using for safe sailing.

What happens when you are so positioned on the bridge that for a long period you don't see the blips/blink/flash just because it happens to be "behind" one of the columns....?
And also; sometimes a column can be mistaken for a flash...., if the light stands for more than a couple of seconds and a column happens to pass your sight in the light sector....

Hope you see what I mean....

The way to go now is to make the helipads with fewer and fewer columns, and the mid-generation vessels have only a couple of columns on the bow with the aft helipad mounted on top of the bridge.

The most modern one, like "Skandi Seven" has it mounted like on the pictures, or like for example "Edda Fauna" here, where the helipad being a part of the foredeck/bow area...


And I'm sure all can imagine that it takes more than a couple of pair of eyes to sail during the winternight on this one, even though they got all sorts of modern nav-equipment on board...


EDIT: Maybe 'ombugge' have experiences to share....??

[TNAalesund]

Scandi Arctic in Ålesund yesterday 18.04.09.

[pakarang]

Thank you so much Torbjørn : those are great images of an awesome vessel. She is huge! Looking at the second photo, I'm at awe of her size!

[TNAalesund]

Thank you so much Torbjørn : those are great images of an awesome vessel. She is huge! Looking at the second photo, I'm at awe of her size!

Yes, when I first saw her the evening before, she was all lightened up in the dark. She looked enormous!!

[pilotdane]

In the first two photos the helipad is almost invisible. It blends into the buildings on shore.

I count 7 decks with portholes so she is probably 9 decks high? She must be nearly as tall as a cruise ship.

[TNAalesund]

She is 156,90 meters long and 27 meters wide,
11500 tonnes dead weight,
she has 58 single cabins and 41 double beth cabins,
and has a passenger capacity of 140.

She was delivered 17th Mach 2009.

Here is a link to STX Europe which buildt her:

http://www.stxeurope.com/?page=117&techinfo=561

[Sterkoder]

In the first two photos the helipad is almost invisible. It blends into the buildings on shore.

I count 7 decks with portholes so she is probably 9 decks high? She must be nearly as tall as a cruise ship.

To see this in real life must be like seeing a monster. I've seen "Skandi Seven" in Kristiansund, and she is 2.000 tonnes lighter, 4 meters less in breadth and over 30 meters shorter.
Here's an image showing how big "Skandi Seven" is compared with the hurtigruten "Nordlys"....., can't imagine how "Skandi Arctic" would look...

[ombugge]

I found this picture of the worlds most powewrful tug, "Far Samson" on the net. Built in Norway this year.


She obtained 423 t. Bollard Pull on test.

Here is Seabulk Harrier, once among the strongest AHT in the world.
back from six months of hard Anchor Handling for Crane Barge HD 60 in the South China Sea.


Originally built as Svitzer Jarl in Holland in 1977. 8500 Bhp / 95 t. BP.
Worked in the North Sea for many years.

There has been some development in the 32 years that separate these two vessels.