OREANDA-NEWS. October 21, 2011. Shipyard "Severnaya Verf" delivered today, October 21st, an offshore platform supply vessel built to Norwegian company Solvik Hull Supplies II AS.

The vessel of Project VS 485 PSV is intended for transportation of mud, dry bulk, methanol and general cargo on an open deck, and is able to participate in the rescue and evacuation operations, fire fighting on oil platforms in the harsh conditions of the North Atlantic.

The ship designer - Vik-Sandvik AS (Norway). Classification Society - Det Norske Veritas / DNV (Norway), flag - NIS (Norway).

Ship dimensions: length overall - 85 m, beam - 20 m, depth - 7 m, deadweight - 5 tons. The ship’s cargo deck capacity - 1005 sqm, operational speed - 16 knots.

Severnaya Verf has cooperated with Norwegian design and shipping companies since 2004. In 2005, the shipbuilding firm secured a contract from Eidesvik Drift AS for two PSVs hulls of project VS 470PSV MkII, which were delivered to the customer in 2006. In 2008 the company signed a contract with Siddis Skipper II AS for another PSV hull and later the customer decided to sign with the shipbuilder a turn-key newbuild contract of project VS470PSV MkII with delivery deadline in August 2010.

In 2008, Severnaya Verf landed a contract with Solvik Hull Supplies and Solvik Hull Supplies II AS, part of Solvik Offshore group, for two hulls of project VS485PSV. One hull of project VS485 was delivered to the customer (Solvik Hull Supplies AS) in November 2009. The second hull order was updated with a turn-key newbuild contract. The VS485 project vessel is scheduled for in September 2011.

JSC Shipbuilding Plant "Severnaya Verf" (Northern Shipyard) is one of the leading shipbuilding companies of the Russian defense industry. The firm has been part of United Industrial Corporation (Moscow) since 2004. The shipyard specializes in building cruisers, destroyers, minesweepers, patrol vessels and antisubmarine, research and passenger vessels, timber cargo carriers, trawlers, container ships and ro-ro vessels.