Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Norway’s Ulstein Verft have signed a Letter of Intent to make joint efforts to deliver the Royal Norwegian Navy’s next series of advanced frigates.
Norway’s new long term plan for defense, announced last year, outlines that Norway will acquire five or six frigates to replace the current Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates. Potential candidates include the British Type 26, the German F127, the American Constellation-class, and the French FDI.
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Norway’s Ulstein Verft has marked a key stage in the construction of the second CSOV it is building for Bernard Schulte Offshore (Yard No.321). On March 11, 2025, the hull of the vessel arrived at the yard from the Crist shipyard in Poland,
The vessel has been designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions AS for walk-to-work (W2W) operations via a motion-compensated gangway from the ship to a wind turbine.
While the hull has been under construction in Poland, closely monitored by a site team from...
https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/ulstein-verft-starts-work-on-next-bs-offshore-twin-x/
The hull of the first of two Twin X-Stern commissioning service operation vessels under construction for Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BS Offshore) arrived at Ulstein Verft in Norway on Dec. 18, 2024. This milestone marked the start-up of outfitting of the SX222 CSOV design vessel (Yard No. 320) at the shipyard.
The hull of the SX222 CSOV was constructed at the Crist shipyard in Poland, with all the design and engineering being carried out by Ulstein companies, including Ulstein...
Ulstein Verft today delivered the state-of-the-art offshore wind commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) Olympic Boreas to Fosnavåg, Norway, headquartered Olympic Group.
The vessel is the first of two sister vessels based on the Ulstein SX222 design by Ulstein Design & Solutions AS and features the Twin X-Stern solution, with four main thrusters: two aft and two in the foreship. With this innovative setup, the vessel is described by Ulstein as “exceptionally swift” and can perform...
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Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Verft has completed conducting sea trials of a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) ordered by offshore services provider Olympic Subsea. The trials of Olympic Boreas covered the propulsion system, specifically, its ability to enable the vessel to move...
Polish shipyard Crist has the first steel that will be used for a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) to be built to a design by Ulstein Design and Solutions. The vessel is one of two CSOVS to be built in fulfillment of contracts between Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Verft and JP...
Polish shipbuilder Crist has laid the keel of a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) ordered by German offshore services company Bernhard Schulte Offshore. The CSOV is the second in a series being built jointly by Crist and Norwegian shipyard Ulstein Verft. Following construction of...
Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Verft has begun outfitting works on a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) ordered from the company by compatriot offshore services provider Olympic Subsea. The vessel is the second in a series of two CSOVS being built for Olympic Subsea. Each will have a...
Ulstein reports that the first of two advanced offshore wind construction service and operation vessels under construction for Norway’s Olympic Subsea ASA has been launched from the dock hall at its Ulstein Verft shipyard in Norway. The vessel uses Ulstein’s novel Twin X-Stern solution, described as a “four-wheel-drive solution for the seas.”
The vessel, the Olympic Boreas, is yard number 318 and the first of two sister vessels being built at Ulstein Verft for Olympic under a contract signed in...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/ulstein-verft-launches-first-of-two-olympic-csovs/
Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Verft has launched a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) ordered by compatriot offshore services provider Olympic Subsea. Olympic Boreas is the first in a series of two CSOVS being built for Olympic Subsea. Each will have a length of 89.6 metres, a beam...