On Friday, 16 August, Shanghai Electric celebrated naming and delivery of two service operation vessels (SOVs) at ZPMC, Qidong base, China.
Based on two different ship designs from Ulstein Design & Solutions AS, the Zhi Cheng 60 and Zhi Zen 100 are the first purpose-designed vessels built for the Chinese offshore wind industry.
For optimal seakeeping characteristics, both vessels are designed with Ulstein X-Bow and X-stern solutions. The resulting substantial reductions in slamming and following...