Ship of the Year 2005
No ship delivered during 2005 qualified as Ship of the Year.
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Ship of the Year 2009
The multifunctional Plough/Tug/Supply/Subsea Vessel FAR SAMSON was today declared Ship of the Year 2009 by His Royal Highness King Harald V and the Norwegian State Secretary Rikke Lind at Nor-Shipping. -
Ship of the Year 2009
FAR SAMSON is purpose built for seabed pipeline trenching, pulling a remote controlled plough on the seabed laying the pipeline in an up to 2.5m deep ditch in one operation. -
Ship of the Year 2009
During the bollard pull test, an official world record was established as 423 metric tonnes continuous bollard pull was achieved and verified by DNV. -
Ship of the Year 2009
The vessel has a hybrid propulsion system and is very fuel efficient, and the generator engines are equipped with catalytic converters which result in 95% NOx reduction. -
Ship of the Year 2009
FAR SAMSON is the most powerful offshore vessel ever built. The vessel is initiated by Farstad Shipping of Norway, and realized by Rolls-Royce in close co-operation with the Owner. -
Ship of the Year 2009
Rolls-Royce developed the special design based upon Farstad’s requirements, and the UT 761 CD has been built by STX Europe Langsten.
