Kochi:
Cochin Shipyard Limited has launched two new platform supply vessels ordered by Shipping Corporation of India.
Shipping Corporation of India General Manager B Chakravarty launched ship BY-85-SCI Nalanda and Cochin Shipyard Ltd Executive Director Cherian George launched vessel BY-86-SCI Yamuna in the presence of Cochin Shipyard Ltd Chairman and Managing Director Cmde K Subramaniam here yesterday.
Both vessels are UT 755 CD-type platform supply vessels, dual-classed under the rules and regulations of Det Norske designed by Rolls-Royce Marine AS, Norway, and are Veritas and the Indian Register of Shipping, a shipyard press release said.
Both ships are of 78.70x16.00x7.00 metres dimension and have high-end diesel electric Platform Supply Vessels(PSVs) with four 910 KiloWatt diesel generator sets and two 1470-KiloWatt input power azimuth thrusters.
The vessels have been assigned 'Clean' design notation by Det Norske Veritas/Indian Register of Shipping, signifying the highest levels of environmental compliance, and can accommodate 26 persons each.