Vestdavit delivers davits to BP's Jigsaw Project
Posted: 25 August 2004
Vestdavit has designed and built davits for the offshore industry for more than 25 years and has been in the forefront in the development of safe and better equipment.
Vestdavit offers a full range of davits for nearly every purpose, and is a market leader in advanced tailor-made boat handling systems.
During the last years Vestdavit has spent much resources in development of boat handling systems that are both safer and easier to use, and takes up less space. We are incorporating the latest developments in hydraulic and electric/electronic hardware in our designs to achieve this.
After a project period lasting nearly 4 years, working out a new concept with the client, Vestdavit secured the contract for supplying all the davits to BP’s Project JIGSAW, which is a totally new concept for offshore rescue and recovery operations in the North Sea. The first ships are under construction at the shipyard. BP is building four regional support vessels, each carrying two Autonomous Rescue and Recovery Crafts (ARRC), and two Fast-Rescue Crafts (FRC) Vestdavit are contracted to deliver 8 large two-point davits for the ARRC’s and 8 single point telescopic davits for the FRC’s.
The ARRC davits are fitted with both shock absorbers and dual winch system including individual tension system, automatic self-leveling system. The davit is the first to use fiber rope. ( Instead of the conventional steel wire) Lifting capacity 32 tons, boat size 18.8 meter,(ARRC). Power consumption of each ARRC davit is 226 KW. The davits have now been fully workshop tested, with successful results. The first davits have already been sent to the Yard to be installed onboard the Multi Role Vessels, Seaguard RSV.
The first vessel expected to be delivered in 2005. The vessels will then proceed to perform further testing of all systems in the North Sea.
For more information see http://www.vestdavit.no
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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