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S UBSEA

Specially
Designed
For Subsea
Construction

Farstad Construction AS as owner and
Farstad Shipping ASA as manager, took
delivery of Yard No. 822, M/S «FAR
SLEIPNER», from Vard Langsten on
March 26th 2015. The Naming Ceremony
took place on April 9th and the Lady
Sponsor was Nicoletta Giadrossi from
Technip, Paris.

Far Sleipner is the first of two subsea FAR SLEIPNER has the following main data:
sister vessels of Vard 3 07 design for
delivery in 2015 from Vard Langsten Main Class ✠1A1, ICE-C, SPS, SF, COMF-V(2)C(3),
(Norway) to Farstad Shipping. Another HELDK-SH (CAA-N), CRANE, E0,
subsea vessel of Vard 3 17 design will be ESV-DP[HIL], DYNPOS-AUTRO (IMO III),
delivered from Vard Vung Tau NAUT-AW, CLEAN DESIGN, VIBR,
(Vietnam) at the end of 2016. Recyclable, DK(+), BIS, TMON.
The vessel is specially designed for Length over all (LOA). 142.60 m
subsea construction and IMR related Length b.p.p. (LPP) 134.00 m
operations in water depth up to 3,000 Breadth Moulded 25.00 m
meters. Far Sleipner is equipped with Depth Moulded , Main Deck 11.40 m
two offshore cranes, with the largest Draft (max) 8.00 m
being able to handle up to 350 tonnes, GT 15,008
and has a working deck area of 1,800 NT 4,503
m2. The vessel is arranged for three DWT 9,200mt
ROV’s (Remote Operating Vehicles), Cargo deck 1,800 m2
with two having already been installed. Deck load abt. 6,200mt

Farstad is best known as an owner of Completing the working equipment Børge Nakken, Farstad Shipping, Vice
high specification platform supply and systems are a number of tanks for President Technology & Development,
vessels (PSVs) and anchor-handling fuel oil (capacity 1,950m3), potable said: “The DP3 positioning system
tug/supply (AHTS) vessels, and the water (1,000m3), drill water (6,000m3) onboard Far Sleipner ensures that the
delivery of the Far Sleipner is a and MEG (425m3) for scaling vessel stays in position, even in the
continuation of the company’s growth operations. event of an unforeseen situation, for
strategy, particularly in the subsea Economic speed is approx. 11.5 knots, instance if one out of two separate
sector. service speed approx. 14.5 knots, and machinery systems fails. This enables
The steel hull was built at Vard Tulcea max speed approx. 17.5 knots. the vessel to complete its task in a safe
in Romania and towed to Norway for and efficient manner.”
final outfitting at Vard Langsten.

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