en.Wedoany.com Reported - Polish energy company's floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) and a commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) for a joint venture with Germany are under construction; meanwhile, a subsea installation vessel and two floating production storage and offloading units (FPSO) have been ordered; additionally, a Russian design firm has unveiled a concept for a new standby vessel capable of operating in polar waters.
Norway's Solstad Offshore and the Netherlands' SBM Offshore have agreed to order a new multi-purpose deepwater installation and construction vessel, with a target delivery date in the first half of 2029. The two companies have formed a joint venture, which has signed a letter of intent with a selected shipyard for construction. The vessel will be owned by the newly established joint venture, with Solstad Offshore holding a 50.1% ownership interest and SBM Offshore holding 49.9%, while Solstad will serve as the vessel manager.
SBM Offshore has secured contracts from Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras for two floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) projects in the Sergipe-Alagoas basin. Under the agreement announced on May 29, SBM Offshore will design, build, and operate the SEAP-I and SEAP-II FPSOs. A consortium led by Petrobras will own these FPSOs, while SBM Offshore will operate them for an initial period of six and a half years under a separate operations and maintenance agreement. The design of both units will adopt the company's standardized multi-purpose hull design, incorporating its 11th and 12th multi-purpose floating hulls.
Russia's Topaz Design Bureau has unveiled a concept for a new standby vessel designed to support offshore oil and gas platform operations. The vessel belongs to the Project TDSV01 series and is capable of operating even under ice conditions, ensuring year-round standby support for offshore platforms. Each vessel in the series measures 80.3 meters in length, 16.9 meters in width, with a maximum draft of 4 meters and a deadweight tonnage of 1,700 tons, and will be built to the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping's Arc5 class notation.
South Korean shipyard HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has held a launching ceremony for a new floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) ordered by Polish gas transmission company Gaz-System. Upon completion, the vessel will measure approximately 295 meters in length and 46 meters in width, with tanks capable of holding 170,000 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Gaz-System stated in a press release that the vessel will arrive at the Gulf of Gdańsk by the end of 2027 and will become part of Poland's first FSRU terminal, with regasification services scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2028.
Norwegian shipyard Vard has commenced sea trials for a new commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) ordered by German joint venture Windward Offshore. Windward Munich is the third in a series of hybrid CSOVs acquired by Windward Offshore, with the first vessel in the series, Windward Athens, delivered at the end of 2025, and the second, Windward Paris, delivered earlier this year. Like its sister ships, Windward Munich is classed by DNV and flies the Maltese flag.
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