Norway: Yard number 284 'Olympic Hera' was delivered from Ulstein Verft to Olympic Shipping on November 9.
'Olympic Hera' is the sister vessel of the 'Olympic Zeus', which was delivered six months ago.
The 'Olympic Hera' measures 93.8 metres long, 23 metres wide and ten metres from main deck to keel, and performs anchor handling, supply, subsea and construction operations. The bollard pull is approximately 260 tonnes.
In December 2006, Olympic Shipping ordered two large anchor handling/construction vessels of Ulstein A122 design from the Ulstein Group.
The 'Olympic Zeus' and 'Olympic Hera' can also be equipped with a 250-tonne heave-compensated offshore crane and two A-frames of different types. The large dimensions of the 'Olympic Zeus' and 'Olympic Hera' add stability, and together with the extra power installed onboard, make the vessels especially well suited to carry out deepwater operations.
"Few comparable anchor handling tug supply vessels in the North Sea today can compete with the 'Olympic Hera' and 'Olympic Zeus' with regard to fuel consumption," said Olympic Shipping Managing Director Stig Remøy.
"From our experience with 'Olympic Zeus' in the North Sea we see that the vessel runs diesel-electric 80 percent of the time. Figures show that fuel consumption in these modes is about 50 percent lower than for most competing vessels due to the hybrid solution onboard," added Olympic Shipping Senior Vice President Runar Stave.
