NEWS IN BRIEF Royal Doeksen takes over Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam from Royal IHC On 3 March 2021, Royal IHC and Royal Doeksen reached an agreement on the acquisition of all shares in Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam. Mid 2020, IHC presented their new strategy going back to its core business. As a result of this new strategy, it was decided that Vuyk, among other companies, would be divested. The management of Vuyk was involved during the whole divestment process and is very pleased to now be a part of the Rotterdam based Royal Doeksen. Over the past decades, Vuyk has evolved into a design and engineering office with expertise in various parts of the maritime industry. Nowadays Vuyk focusses on three disciplines; Vessel design, Equipment design and Marine operations. The combined expertise in these areas and the highly qualified engineers enable Vuyk to fully understand complex operations and requirements. i. vuykrotterdam.com
Big Electric Power for FPSO The large crude carrier VLCC Ariake, which was purchased for conversion to an FPSO was built by Hitachi in Japan and delivered in January of 2001. Once the conversion process is completed, the ship will be deployed off the east coast of India. It will be capable of storing up to 1.3 million barrels of oil and processing 90,000 barrels of oil per day. The conversion, to be completed by late 2021, is being carried out by Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine under contract to Shapoorji Pallonji and Bumi Armada. An electric generator powered by Cummins’ most powerful marine engine is installed as essential genset. The 16-cylinder, QSK95-DM powered generator is rated at 3,000ekW, 60Hz, and 6,600V, with a power factor of 0.8. In addition to the QSK95-DM-powered essential generator set, the FPSO Ariake is being fitted with a powerful QSK60-DM emergency generator set. i. cummins.com
Orange Marine again selected VARD ship design Orange Marine has selected a ship design from VARD’s extensive portfolio again for the expansion of its cable ship fleet. This time specifically designed for fibre-optic cable repair. The vessel will be built by Colombo Dockyard. The VARD 9 03 design for Orange Marine is specially designed for the maintenance of submarine cables, both fibre-optic telecommunication cables and inter-array power cables used in offshore windfarms. VARD has developed the vessel design according to the clients operating requirements with special attention to the vessel hull design in terms of good sea-keeping capabilities and low fuel consumption.
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