Chevalier Floatels taps Norwegian firm for design work on offshore construction support vessel

Netherlands-based Chevalier Floatels has entered into an agreement with Norwegian naval architecture firm Marin Teknikk for design and engineering in connection with an offshore construction support vessel (OCSV).

The vessel's hull was built in Spain and utilises a Marin Teknikk design. Chevalier Floatels purchased the hull from its previous owners and had it towed to the Netherlands for completion at the Hardinxveld facilities of the Holland Shipyards Group.

The 110-metre-long DP2 OCSV will satisfy the SPS code for 2008 for 200 personnel on board (POB). It will be equipped with a 150-tonne active heave compensated offshore crane, a free deck area of 1,300 square metres, and a moonpool measuring 7.2 by 7.2 metres.

The vessel will have exclusive furnishings for 120 POB as well as office, meeting, and operating room facilities for clients.

The OCSV will be built with IMO Tier III purification equipment and equipped with a battery for energy storage for energy peak shaving and spinning reserves.

The OCSV will be completed as a multi-purpose vessel for construction support, walk-to-work duties, cable repair, and trenching. Chevalier Floatels is in discussion with potential charterers.