Wagenborg Offshore has taken into service a subsea support vessel following the conversion from a platform supply vessel (PSV).
The Kingsborg subsea support vessel is custom-made and specialized to support subsea activities and decommissioning works in the southern North Sea in a long-term agreement with an “energy major” .
The DP2 PX121 vessel, previously named Aurora Thunder, was designed and built by Ulstein in Norway.
The Royal Niestern Sander shipyard in the Netherlands converted Kingsborg by building a dedicated accommodation module, converting it in accordance with the SPS-60 class and preparing it for a heavy motion compensated offshore crane.
The work took approximately six months, Wagenborg said.
To remind, the Dutch company announced at the beginning of the year it had signed a long-term agreement with an energy major for a PSV that will be converted into a multipurpose offshore vessel.
According to Wagenborg, dozens of local employees worked on the conversion, giving an impulse to regional employment.