Conversion works deliver powerful ERRV

The Ocean Troll, which recently completed a long term charter with Statoil, has undergone a £2m conversion and overhaul at MMS in Hull UK to become a UK Class A ERRV with tanker assist and firefighting capabilities. Its home port will be Aberdeen and it will become Atlantic Offshore Rescue’s principal relief vessel supporting the fleet in the North Sea.

The vessel transferred from Atlantic’s Norwegian operation as part of a £300m fleet investment programme undertaken over the last three years by the Atlantic Offshore Group and is the start of the renewal of its UK Fleet . In recent months, orders have been placed by Atlantic Offshore Rescue for two high specification TAV/ERRVs, with one due to join the fleet in January 2014 and the other scheduled for completion in 2015.

Atlantic Offshore Rescue has been in operation since 1995. It manages a fleet currently numbering 13 ERRVs and four PSVs out of Aberdeen. The three new ERRVs will secure employment for 90 seamen between them.

The 78m Ocean Troll is equipped with rescue craft, including two daughter craft and two fast response craft. It is compliant with Norwegian legislation and can carry 300 survivors. With 12,560 bhp, the powerful vessel has a 150 tonne bollard pull.

Atlantic Offshore Group’s aim is to continue to expand its capabilities within both the Norwegian and British sector of the North Sea and to be able to provide cross border solutions reflecting the needs of its clients for both ERRVs and PSVs.