Double Naming- Ceremony at Ulstein Verft

The first two Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) with a reversed stem (ULSTEIN X-BOW)

and also the first two vessels to meet the “Clean Design”- class specifications,

Bourbon Mistral and Bourbon Monsoon, were named at Ulstein Verft on Saturday,

October 28. Godmother for both vessels is BP Norway’s CEO Gro

Kielland.

Bourbon Offshore Norway’s Managing Director Trond Myklebust is

confident the two vessels will perform very well; “We believe there is even more

to be gained from a PSV with this bow, as these types of vessels are

continuously in traffic. They work in a shuttle system between shore and

platforms and have to be reliable also in bad weather”.

Both vessels are

on long– term contracts with BP Norway and will primarily supply the oil fields

operated by BP in the Norwegian part of the North Sea, based in

Tananger.

Bourbon Mistral is starting on a 5 year contract straight after

delivery and Bourbon Monsoon will start on a 10 year contract when she is

delivered in February next year.

The 4,750-ton dwt, DP2 class PX Ulstein

105 vessels have main dimensions 88 by 19 m, and a maximum draft of 6.5 m.

Overall cargo deck area is 62.2 x 16 m. Both are equipped with diesel-electric

engines outputting up to 6,320 kW of power, with a maximum transit speed of 16

knots (kt).