India: Cochin Shipyard Delivers SCI Yamuna

Cochin Shipyard Limited today, on Nov. 27, handed over the new high-tech Rolls Royce Platform Supply Vessel of UT 755 CD design to Shipping Corporation of India. The vessel named SCI Yamuna is the second, in the series of two, high technology offshore vessels being built by CSL for SCI.

The vessel is dually classed under the Rules and Regulations of Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and Indian Register of Shipping (IRS) and registered under the Indian flag with Mumbai as the homeport. This 79 x 16 Metre vessel is a high end Diesel Electric PSV with 4 Nos 994 KW Diesel gensets and 2 Nos 1470 KW Azimuth thrusters. The vessel with redundant dynamic positioning (DP2) system features has been assigned the ‘CLEAN DESIGN’ notation by DNV signifying the highest levels of environmental compliance. The vessel complies with the highest levels of Comfort class COMF-V(3)C(3) requirement which signifies extremely low noise and vibration level as also high degree of human comfort in the accommodation.

The NAUT OSV (A) notation on the vessel means that the vessel’s bridge systems are laid down meeting stringent ergonomic and safety requirements. The vessel is also equipped with external fire fighting (FiFi-1) equipment, inerted stainless steel tanks for carriage of low flash liquids like methanol and is fully outfitted to meet UKOOA type-C requirements for emergency rescue and recovery functions for up to 20 rescues. The above features mean that the vessel is in the highest grade of PSVs which can meet the most demanding requirements of all global oil majors.

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, November 27, 2012; Image: rolls-royce