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July 2014: The Ulstein Verft newbuild, the OCV vessel ‘Island Performer’, is destined for American waters. Contracted by FTO, she will serve her first five years as a riserless well intervention vessel (RLWI) in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship can perform operations at depths down to 3,000 metres.

Design, quality and competitive pricing all counted for when GC Rieber Shipping chose Ulstein for the construction of ‘Polar Onyx’, but the ability to meet delivery deadlines was key for their largest-ever ship investment.

Heerema Marine Contractors’ new Deepwater Construction Vessel ‘Aegir’, a customised ULSTEIN SOC 5000 design developed by Ulstein Sea of Solutions, has won the Dutch KVNR Shipping Award.

The Brazilian shipowner Oceana Offshore will be building two platform supply vessels (PSVs) with an option for two additional vessels based on the PX105 design from ULSTEIN. The vessels will be built at the new yard, Oceana Estaleiro, in Itajai, Brazil.

The Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) vessel ‘Seven Viking’, designed and built by ULSTEIN, was announced ‘Ship of the Year 2013’ by the maritime magazine ‘Skipsrevyen’ at Nor-Shipping.

The concept of ULSTEIN BRIDGE VISION™ is awarded as the best innovation idea in Norway. ULSTEIN BRIDGE VISION™ is a concept for a modern ship bridge where safety in complex operations has been given major focus. A total of close to 700 ideas were received for the contest.

The cutting-edge solution of the chain-type stinger handling system improves both the vessel design and pipe-lay operations, and as acknowledgement on April 16th 2013, the equipment won the IRO Innovation Prize.

Thomas Konow at Polarcus has been sailing since he was 16, and during his career he envied the crew on X-BOW® vessels. In June he will finally go aboard one such vessel, the ‘Polarcus Adira’.

The hybrid solution in ‘Olympic Hera’ and ‘Olympic Zeus’ was nominated for the Green Ship Technology Award 2011.

With the X-BOW®, Ulstein Group won the award for the most innovative product at ShipTek2010 in Dubai.

Island Constructor won Offshore Support Journal’s prestigious 2008 ‘Ship of the Year’ award. The vessel is suited for both well intervention and construction work.

Normand Seven, built at Ulstein Verft AS has been named “Ship of the Year 2007”. The vessel was the largest offshore vessel ever delivered from Ulstein Verft at the time.

Bourbon Orca, an ULSTEIN AX104 designed and built by the Ulstein Group, has been named “Ship of the Year 2006”.

After the launch of the ULSTEIN X-BOW® concept in 2005, the bow has received, or been nominated for, a number of Innovation Awards. The first was the Norwegian Engineering Feat of the Year from the magazine “Teknisk Ukeblad” in 2005.

December 1999: The large conversion of the Normand Tonjer, commenced in late October, is in a hectic period. The ship is scheduled to be ready on 23 February 2000, after 4 months. The ship was built as a PSV and will be converted into an ROV/survey vessel.