Friday, April 18, 2008

Imtech Euro 50m offshore vessel contract

Imtech, parent company of Radio Holland, has announced that it is to provide solutions for platform automation, propulsion and drive, energy distribution, innovative automated bridge systems and navigation and communication on board a number of offshore construction vessels in the oil and gas sector.
The total value of these vessels’ contracts amounts to over Euro 50 million. Imtech says that the systems will offer the added benefit of significantly reducing fuel consumption and environmentally harmful emissions.
One order, from the Sembawang Shipyard in Singapore, is for the provision of electric propulsion, automation and high and low voltage systems on board the crane vessel Borealis, operated by Nordic Heavy Lift.
The hull will be built in China, after which Imtech, via its branches Imtech Marine & Offshore in Rotterdam and Radio Holland Singapore, will implement and commission the technology.
Another order, from Seaway Heavy Lifting, will include the provision of broadband satellite communication, ICT infrastructure, autopilot, alarm, monitoring and control systems, as well as various other modern electronic solutions on board the HLV-5000, via Radio Holland's branch in Rotterdam.
The HLV-5000 is an offshore crane vessel under construction at the Merwede Shipyard of IHC Merwede in The Netherlands.
Imtech in Hamburg will provide technical infrastructure and automation, including electric propulsion, on board a new seismological research vessel for Fugro Aberdeen at the Fassmer Werft shipyard in Germany, while Imtech Marine and Offshore in Rotterdam will perform a technical infrastructure installation on board the Sea Trucks Group's offshore construction vessel Jascon 35, providing high and low voltage, energy distribution, propulsion, and navigation and communication systems.

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