Pipelay/heavy lift specialist Allseas has confirmed that it recently acquired Volstad Shipping’s newbuild construction vessel, Volstad Oceanic. Oceanic will be used as a support vessel for survey work, structure and protection installation and in support of the massive heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit for preparatory work for platform removal/installation.
The 128m vessel is a Skipsteknisk ST-259 Arctic design and was built at Tersan Shipyard in Turkey. It has triple redundant machinery, a high level of manoeuvrability and stationkeeping capability and was designed to operate in severe weather conditions. It can embark a work-class remotely operated vehicle and is capable of subsea installation work through its moonpool and over the side. It has a 300-tonne offshore crane, accommodation for 120 and deadweight of 7,500 tonnes.
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