Built as a platform supply vessel (PSV) under yard 755 by STX OSV Tulcea S.A., Romania for Solstad Rederi A.S., Norway.
27 May 2010 building contract signed by STX Norway Offshore AS Langsten but built by the STX yard in Romania.
27 October 2010 keel laid down.
12 May 2011 launched as the NORMAND ARCTIC.
Tonnage 5,265 grt, 2,070 net, 4,900 dwt, dim. 94.3 x 20 x 8.3m., length bpp. 84.9m, draught 6.85m.
Dual fuelled vessel both LNG and ordinary MGO, she has a LNG capacity of 213.9 m³ sufficient for 15 days on LNG.
Powered diesel electric by three Wärtsilä 34DF/ 3 x 2,610 kW, total power 7,830 kW/10,649 bhp. and propelled by 2 Elmotors with an output of 2,200 kW. 2 tunnel thrusters each 880 kW.
Two stern tunnel thrusters each 880 kW and 1 retractable Azimuth thruster forward, 880 kW.
Bunker capacity 1192.2 m² fuel oil and 233.6 m² base oil.
Two deck cranes one of 5 ton and the other of 0.5 ton.
Accommodation for 28 persons.
06 January 2012 completed, homeport Skudeneshavn.
After completing in service in the North Sea.
2014 In service same name and owners IMO No 9592812
The Norwegian Post Gives
With a coastline like ours (Norway), it is only more than natural that, as far back in time as we can remember, people along the coast found ways to travel by sea.
Viking ships took us both westward and eastward, and as ships developed into fishing vessels shipbuilding became a cornerstone of Norwegian coastal industry.
The more than 40 years of development of the Norwegian oil-based industry presented the creative environment around shipbuilding with new challenges. When the Norwegian oil adventure started, the shipbuilding industry along the Norwegian coast was ready. The platforms were being built, but they were not going to manage on their own out at sea. The supply boats, support vessels that were loyal supporters in all types of weather, were developed by the shipbuilding industry along the Norwegian coast. These vessels are called
PSV, platform supply vessels. They transport necessary goods and supplies and carry out many different types of assignments at sea. Their cargo includes provisions and reserve parts, but they also carry out many tasks that require a high level of technological competence from the crew.
Aker Langsten built PSV NORMAND ARCTIC which is the motif on the Norwegian stamp in the joint Nordic issue, The North by the Sea.
Aker Yards Langsten is part of Aker Yards Group, an international group of shipbuilders that focuses on complex and advanced vessels. Since its start in 1945 in Tomrafjorden, not far from Ålesund, it has built ferries, passenger boats and seismic vessels that you will find in many places around the world. Over a period of 70 years, Langsten AS has grown into the largest shipbuilder of its type in Europe and the fifth largest in the world.
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