Vroon receives new FSV vessel from Fujian South East Shipyard
Vroon Offshore Services has taken delivery of its new field-support vessel (FSV), VOS Gorgeous, from Fujian South East Shipyard (FSES) in Fuzhou, China.
Vroon Offshore Services has taken delivery of its new field-support vessel (FSV), VOS Gorgeous, from Fujian South East Shipyard (FSES) in Fuzhou, China.
The new vessel is part of an order made for a total of 22 offshore-support vessels at Fujian Southeast. They are scheduled for delivery between up to 2016.
VOS Gorgeous is a 60m-long FSV, the third in a series of four being built at the Vroon shipyard.
Featuring a wave-piercing bow shape, the new-build will be deployed in the North Sea under a long-term charter. The vessel will be managed by Vroon Offshore Services Aberdeen.
The naming ceremony of VOS Gorgeous took place in November last year.
"The new-build will be deployed in the North Sea under a long-term charter."
In March this year, Vroon Offshore Services received VOS Chablis from Fujian Funing Shipyard.
VOS Chablis is a Focal-680-design 6,500BHP AHTS vessel from Focal Marine, equipped with DP-2, two x 10t bow thrusters and one x 8t stern thruster. It has a bollard pull of 92t and provides accommodation for a total of 50 persons.
The shipping firm received its sister VOS Champagne in late 2014, and is currently deployed on a long-term charter in Thailand.
In December 2014, Vroon awarded a contract to China’s Cosco Shipyard to build a seventh livestock carrier. The vessel will have a cargo capacity of about 4,500m² and will be have a cruising range of 18,000nm.
Image: Vroon Offshore Services’ new field-support vessel VOS Gorgeous. Photo: courtesy of Vroon.