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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.

Conversion of the UT705 vessel Normand Tonjer.

Major conversion of the Normand Cutter

"The conversion of Normand Cutter has been a pilot project. The vessel has undergone an extensive conversion; though it was the time we had available which presented the biggest challenge. The whole job was completed in just over six months," says Project Manager Roar Riise of Ulstein Verft AS.

2005: X-BOW® - Norwegian Engineering Feat of the Year

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.

2006: AHTS Bourbon Orca - Ship of the Year

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

2007: Normand Seven - Ship of the Year

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.

2008: Island Constructor - Ship of the Year

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.

Building the OCV Island Constructor in 2008

2010: X-BOW® - Most innovative product

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

2011: Ulstein Hybrid Propulsion

The hybrid solution in ‘Olympic Hera’ and ‘Olympic Zeus’ was nominated for the Green Ship Technology Award 2011. Fuel savings can reach up to 70 per cent in certain operations.

Quality on time

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’.

2013: ULSTEIN BRIDGE VISION® - DNB’s Innovation Award 2012

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.

2013: Seven Viking - Ship of the Year

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.

OCV vessel Seven Viking, photo Per Eide Studio

Oceana selects ULSTEIN’s PSV designs

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.

2013: 'Aegir' wins KVNR Shipping Award

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.

'Aegir', a fast sailing DP offshore heavy lift vessel, originally a deep water construction vessel, a customised version of the ULSTEIN SOC 5000 design.

New level of fuel efficiency

When ‘Blue Power’ reported the fuel consumption for a transit mission to their charterer, the reply was that the numbers must be wrong. The consumption was simply too low!

GC Rieber CEO: "Delivery precision is key"

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.

GC-Rieber-CEO-Irene-Basili-with-captains-photo-Marius-Beck-Dahle

Strong Performer

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.

2014: Siem Moxie - OSJ Offshore Renewables Award

The ship was the winner of the OSJ Offshore Renewables Award 2014. This Prize is awarded to a company, project or product that has made a significant contribution to the development of the offshore renewables market.

Keel laying for a record project at Ulstein Verft

On 7 November 2014, foreman Paul Myrvågnes at Ulstein Verft laid the lucky coin for yno 302, a construction vessel for Island Offshore/Edison Chouest Offshore. Next, the first section, a double bottom, was positioned in the dock hall. The keel laying ceremony marks the official start-up of the construction period.

Island Venture, mast coin ceremony in the dock hall at Ulstein Verft.

X-STERN® - ENTERING THE FUTURE ENDWISE

The X-STERN®, awarded the Next Generation Ship Award 2015, is a natural evolvement of the X-BOW. The first two design and shipbuilding contracts have been signed for the sustainable wind energy market, for delivery to Bernhard Schulte. The SOV vessels will be servicing offshore wind installations for Siemens.

The X-STERN leads to an increased operational window.

To build two offshore wind service vessels

Ulstein Verft has signed a ship building contract with the Germany-based Bernhard Schulte for two service operation vessels (SOVs) of the ULSTEIN SX175 design. "Delivery schedule reliability was our number one priority when choosing the ship yard", comments Matthias Müller at Bernhard Schulte.

X-BOW® No 100!

With the latest contract for two offshore wind service vessels for Bernhard Schulte/WINDEA Offshore, ULSTEIN has achieved 100 sales of the X-BOW hull line design. The milestone was achieved 10 years after the launch of the X-BOW design in 2005.

'Smooth-as-silk' launch

Britoil Offshore Services Pte Ltd's ULSTEIN PX121 newbuild, the "Britoil Energy", was launched successfully today at PT. Britoil Offshore Indonesia, Britoil's own shipyard on the island of Batam.

Launch of PX121 for Britoil in Batam, Indonesia.

ULSTEIN design no. 1 is back

Two vessels are currently at Ulstein Verft for aftermarket services, and a third is arriving shortly. One of these is the 'Olympic Hercules', a milestone vessel to ULSTEIN. She was the very first ULSTEIN design, and her delivery marked the opening of our dock hall, in January 2002.

Olympic Hercules in the dock at Ulstein Verft

Field trips to the North Sea

Ship designers from Ulstein visited three different Ulstein designed ships operating in the North Sea during the winter of 2015. The purpose was to understand operations and to retrieve inputs from the crews, in order to further develop and improve our ship designs and solutions.

Introduces new heavy lift vessel designs

Ulstein introduces the HX103 and HX104 designs, DP3 vessels with heavy-lift capability and large outreach combined with a large open deck space and accommodatio

Meet us at Nor-Shipping 2015

Come visit us at our Nor-Shipping 2015s

Royal visit

HRH, the Crown Prince of Norway, is paying Ulstein Group in Ulsteinvik a visit on Tuesday, 2 June. He will be guided around the yard premises by CEO Gunvor Ulstein and production manager Roar Riise.

Important milestone for record build

Ulstein Verft's largest newbuild so far, yno 302, has reached an important milestone: Its aft ship was transported into the Ulstein Verft dock hall.

First steel for Ulstein integrated vessel design

After the Dutch offshore contractor Van Oord awarded the design and equipment contract for their new subsea rock installation (SRI) vessel ‘Bravenes’ to Ulstein in September 2014 and contracting Sinopacific for the construction of the vessel, first steel has now been cut for this innovative vessel.

Van Oord's subsea rock installation vessel Bravenes, designed by Ulstein

Blue Queen top-ranked

The platform supply vessel Blue Queen, has received the highest ESI (Environmental Ship Index) score of 100 points from the World Port Climate Initiative (WPCI).