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Rebecca Gibson |
Norwegian companies Kleven shipyard and marine designers and engineers, Marin Teknikk, are to collaborate on the design and construction of an MT5006 expedition support vessel, which is due for delivery to undisclosed shipowner in December 2014.
Designed to withstand long expeditions in rough waters, the 107m-long vessel features a helipad and helicopter hangar, as well as a swimming pool and a 21m tender boat on its bow.
“We have worked with Marin Teknikk for many years, developing numerous offshore vessels together, and the collaboration between us always works well,” said Ståle Rasmussen, CEO of Kleven. “This vessel is a good example of our ability to develop and build specialised vessels and prototypes.”
Svein Rune Gjerde, CEO of Marin Teknikk added: “It has been exciting to be able to utilise the know-how of our employees to interact with the client’s designers to develop a luxury vessel of this type, which is being constructed for a rather different use than the offshore vessels we usually work with on a daily basis.”
The 60-passenger ship will be built at the Kleven Verft shipyard in Ulsteinvik.