Constructing Olympic's first CSOV TWIN X-STERN vessels
Ulstein Verft is constructing two CSOV vessels for Olympic, based on the TWIN X-STERN hull feature, for delivery in 2024. Follow the project progress here.
The ULSTEIN SX222 vessels have a length of 89.6m and a beam of 19.2m. They accommodate 126 people in 91 cabins. The vessels are prepared for future requirements at the offshore wind farms. The vessels are powered by diesel-electric propulsion with variable speed and large battery energy storage systems. The vessels are prepared for methanol fuel and have space for additional battery capacity for full-electric repowering when the infrastructure is available. The hull shape and hybrid propulsion system will ensure high operational performances and seakeeping and substantially reduced footprint.
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Olympic Boreas
Construction Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) for the Offshore Wind Industry. Based on the TWIN X-STERN® with main propellers fore and aft. Hybrid battery propulsion and prepared for methanol fuel to enable zero emissions.
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"Olympic Boreas" CSOV nominee for 'Ship of The Year 2024' Award
The Construction Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) "Olympic Boreas", set for delivery from Ulstein Verft in 2024, has been nominated for the 'Ship of The Year' award by the jury of the maritime magazine Skipsrevyen.
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Successful sea trial of the first CSOV for Olympic
10 June 2024: Yard number 318 from Ulstein Verft completed her sea trial this weekend. The state-of-the-art CSOV vessel includes sophisticated energy systems and the ULSTEIN TWIN X-STERN solution in a prototype combo.
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Launch of first Olympic CSOV
On Saturday, 6 April, the CSOV Olympic Boreas was launched from the dock hall at Ulstein Verft, Norway. The vessel is based on the novel TWIN X-STERN solution, a '4-wheel-drive' solution for the seas.
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Outfitting commences at Ulstein Verft for Olympic's first TWIN X-STERN CSOV
Friday, 12 January 2024: The hull of yard number 318, the first of two newbuild Construction Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) for Olympic, has arrived at the outfitting yard Ulstein Verft AS in Norway. The hull will be positioned in the dock hall, after which the outfitting work starts.
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Keel laying for Olympic's CSOVs from Ulstein
The production of the two Construction Service Operation Vessels that Olympic ordered in 2022 from Ulstein is well underway at the hull yard CRIST. On 14 March 2023, the keel was laid for vessel number two, yard number (yno) 319.
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Start-up of the Olympic CSOV shipbuilding projects
CSOV vessels underway: The steel cutting ceremony of Ulstein Verft’s yard number 318 was carried out today at the hull yard, Crist, on 18 November 2022. The vessel is the first of two offshore wind newbuilds for the Norway-based shipowner Olympic, and both are planned for delivery in 2024.
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Delivering power and control systems to the Olympic CSOVs
Ulstein Power & Control AS has been chosen to integrate advanced power and control systems into two ULSTEIN SX222 Construction Service Operation Vessels for Olympic.
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Olympic contracts up to four offshore wind vessels at Ulstein Verft
Olympic contracts two firm Construction Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) and two options at Ulstein Verft. The vessels have hybrid battery propulsion and are prepared for methanol fuel to enable zero emissions. They are based on the ULSTEIN SX222 design with TWIN X-STERN from Ulstein Design & Solutions AS.
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Ulstein Verft starts the outfitting of the next Olympic CSOV
The hull of yard number 319, Olympic's second TWIN X-STERN CSOV (Construction Service Operation Vessel), arrived Ulstein Verft in Norway on 8 May 2024, having been towed from the Crist hull yard in Poland. The outfitting phase will now start.
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Keel laying for Olympic's CSOVs from Ulstein
The production of the two Construction Service Operation Vessels that Olympic ordered in 2022 from Ulstein is well underway at the hull yard CRIST. On 14 March 2023, the keel was laid for vessel number two, yard number (yno) 319.
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Steel cutting Yno 319 for Olympic
On 30th December 2022, the steel cutting started for yard number 319, the second of two CSOVs of Ulstein’s ship design. Both are planned for delivery in 2024.
Press Release
Delivering power and control systems to the Olympic CSOVs
Ulstein Power & Control AS has been chosen to integrate advanced power and control systems into two ULSTEIN SX222 Construction Service Operation Vessels for Olympic.
Press Release
Olympic contracts up to four offshore wind vessels at Ulstein Verft
Olympic contracts two firm Construction Service Operation Vessels (CSOVs) and two options at Ulstein Verft. The vessels have hybrid battery propulsion and are prepared for methanol fuel to enable zero emissions. They are based on the ULSTEIN SX222 design with TWIN X-STERN from Ulstein Design & Solutions AS.
