Osiris Projects, part of Bibby Marine Survey Services, have issued an updated timeline with the latest time lapse footage of the ‘Bibby Athena’ build so far. Since the original video was made available the build has progressed substantially.
Fabrication of the hull is now complete and the updated timeline footage is now live on Osiris Projects’ website .
At the end of March, Bibby Athena was moved outdoors in preparation for outfitting works.
The next stage in the development includes transiting the hull from St Malo to Boulogne in preparation for dry docking on the 28th and 29th May.
The vessel will mirror the capabilities of the flagship vessel, Bibby Tethra, with a few subtle changes to reflect the company’s development into shallow geotechnical sampling and a more challenging offshore market. Although Bibby Athena will be the same overall length as Bibby Tethra at 27.5m, the vessel will benefit from a number of enhancements, including an increased deck crane capacity of 10.87 tonnes and improved internal layout.
To maximise efficiency, Bibby Athena will be permanently mobilised with a dual-head multibeam system, greatly improving the productivity of bathymetric data acquisition and a water treatment facility will be added to extend offshore endurance. On the same theme of efficiency, a double drum main winch with two cable sizes will allow deployment of multiple systems without the requirement for remobilisation. A larger online survey lab will improve the volume of data processing and initial QC that can take place on-board, reducing the amount of processing required in head office.