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| Skandi Aker named "Ship of the year 2010"  Aker Solutions' new deepwater intervention vessel, Skandi Aker, has today been announced winner of the coveted international "Ship of the Year 2010" award.The award was presented to Stig Antonsen, VP Marine in Aker Solutions, by Rikke Lind, state secretary of the Norwegian Ministry for Trade and Industry, at the SMM 2010 trade show in Hamburg, Germany. Skandi Aker is the most advanced vessel of its kind. It is a multi-purpose vessel designed to perform riser-based well intervention services - along with subsea construction and installation activities - at water depths up to 3000 metres. Other existing well intervention vessels are limited to operations at approximately 800 metres water depth. Skandi Aker is the first intervention vessels to classified according to DNV.s WELL-Notation, meaning the vessel is able to take oil on board. As a result, the vessel can perform well-testing and clean-up, flaring off hydrocarbons through a flare at the stern. The vessel can also perform through-tube rotary drilling with coil and downhole motor, and managed-pressure drilling. The 157 metre long ship is the largest monohull subsea well intervention vessel built, boasting a large deck space, heavy capacity subsea cranes, excellent sea-keeping performance, all interventions using dynamic positioning system, and 18 knots transit speed. She is equipped with a module handling system and a 400-ton AHC crane. Skandi Aker has been built at STX Norway Offshore's yard in Søviknes, Norway. The vessel is owned by Norwegian company DOFCON ASA. The prestigeous Ship of the Year-award is instituted by the major Nordic shipping magazine Skipsrevyen. Prize candidates are nominated by the readers of the magazine, but the final election is the responsibility of a jury consisting of the former managing director of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association, Mr. Rolf Sæther, the managing director of the sales and marketing organisation Norwegian Shipyards, Mr. Birger Skår, and publisher of Skipsrevyen, Mr. Asle B. Strønen. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |