Vestdavit davits for seismic boats
Norwegian boat handling system and specialist davit supplier, Vestdavit, has won a contract to supply work boat and man overboard davits for Turkey’s Besiktas’ four seismic chase vessels.
The 64m chase vessels are being built for Faroe Island shipowner, P/F Thor, which has chartered the vessels to Norwegian seismic major, PGS.
They will support PGS’ worldwide seismic operations, including offshore bunkering, crew change assistance, replenishment of provisions and spare parts and maintenance of seismic equipment while at sea.
Under the contract, Vestdavit will supply its PLR-15000 davit for each vessel. These are the company’s largest point lifting davits, with a safe working load (SWL) of 15 tonnes. In addition, each vessel will also be equipped with a Vestdavit PLR-7000 davit for man overboard boat handling.
Sven Arild Wågsæther, area sales manager, said: “This is our first contract with this important shipyard group and we are very happy that they recognise the importance of having durable and reliable equipment on these specialised vessels.”
“We see seismic work boats becoming larger and larger, and operators need a simple but robust and reliable davit which will launch and recover heavy workboats safely in tough conditions, day in and day out. This davit will consistently and safely handle a loaded workboat in sea states up to 4 / 5, and is both easy to maintain and simple to operate,” he added.
The vessels’ support capabilities include Ice Class 1A, passenger capacity for transporting a full seismic crew, extra work boat, towing and fuel and fluid transfers.
Thee vessels are due to be delivered at the beginning of 2014.
