Ship design

We offer a portfolio of designs and equipment packages for the Exploration cruise segment. Our thorough marketing and design concept analyses make a solid foundation for developing outstanding adventures and performances in an ever more competitive market. Our designs can be customised for any customer specific wish.

Ulstein has been active in the offshore wind market for over a decade. We develop solutions for new turbine installation concepts, and ship designs for foundation installation and service operations.

Ulstein is engaged in fishery to develop state-of-the-art designs and solutions for more sustainable harvesting and operation in the marine industry.

Fosen and Ulstein have joined forces into the RoPax-segment. Together we have decades of experience within design and shipbuilding.

We offer special-purpose vessels for the offshore oil and gas industry, from concept to end product. Our designs are highly-effective and optimised for offshore support and installation at deeper and more remote waters.

Ulstein offers various ship designs listed in the category 'other designs'. These designs include jack-up vessels, accommodation vessels, ocean-going tugs and workboats, offshore mining, dredging and rock dumping vessels.

We provide professional access to retrofits, conversions, service and maintenance, classification service, stability calculations, commissioning, modifications, ship repairs and upgrades. We have 24-7 electrical service on our power & automation systems.

We offer off-the-shelf and customised conversions of our existing shipdesigns. We can cover the whole process from initial idea to turn key solution.

CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) methods aim at reproducing numerically the 3D flow around the vessel, resulting in key information about the model or full scale forces acting on the vessel, its motions, power consumption and hydrodynamic performance in general.

The ULSTEIN X-BOW®, the inverted bow concept, redefined marine engineering. The bow concept was launched in 2005, together with the first shipbuilding contract, and gained immediate interest from shipowners. The X-BOW hull line design has been tried in most weather conditions.

The X-STERN® introduces the documented X-BOW® effect to the aft ship. The sloping, higher stern allows for a sharp stern shape in which the transom plate is replaced by a pointed aft. Some of the benefits are: Improved safety for crew and equipment, increased flexibility in operations and reduced fuel consumption.

Cruise and Expedition Cruise ships from ULSTEIN are developed to satisfy a modern explorer and traveller. Our vessels have the highest seakeeping standards, and our designs can be customised for any customer specific wish.