Vision 2009 - Rolls-Royce

NEWS
Farewell to K, forward with B and C
Production of K-engine series
Bergen engines has now ceased,
but support will of course be
provided for the hundreds of
engines in service.
K-series project work began in
the 1960s, and in its 40 years
of production more than 2,100
examples of this engine were
built for power at sea and on
land, with marine engines
spanning a huge application
range including offshore, naval,
cruise, tugs , fishing vessels and
energy. From it, the gas-fuelled
engine, which has pioneered the
use of natural gas in ferry and
short sea traffic, was developed.
Its place is now filled by the
C-series engines of 250mm bore
and 330mm stroke. Introduced
in 2001 at a rating of 300kW
per cylinder, the C-series is now
available with an output of
330kW/cyl, and, like its larger
sister, the B-series, meets Clean
Design standard. It complies with
IMO Tier 2 NOx emission rules,
which become effective from
2011 onwards.
Almost 3,000kW is available from
a compact nine cylinder engine,
and the C-series has become
justifiably popular for its robust
and economical performance as
a main propulsion or generator
engine.
A gas-fuelled version of
the C-series is now under
development and first deliveries
are expected in about two years’
time. A
Raising
production
efficiency
As production of the K-series engines
finishes after 40 years, the Rolls-Royce
site at Hordvikneset north of Bergen
celebrates 40 years in operation, and
goes into the future with confidence.
The factory with its loading quay
was set out specifically for engine
manufacture, and has been expanded
and re-equipped as necessary over the
decades.
It has recently been given major capital
investments to streamline production
of C- and B-series engines. Among
these are three new machining centres
for connecting rods and two centres
for cylinder heads. An impressive
portal milling machine has also been
installed to increase the production
efficiency of large engine blocks. A
Seven AHTS for Zamil
In November 2008 Zamil Offshore Services launched Zamil 54. This is the third
Rolls-Royce UT 733 2 AHTS built at the Zamil Shipyard, located inside King Abdul
Aziz Port in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The vessel is the third of seven
vessels of the same design to be
built under a license agreement
with Rolls Royce in Norway. The
seven vessels are all built to ABS
class.
Zamil Offshore Services owns,
operates and maintains the largest
offshore fleet in the Middle East.
Its fleet includes anchor handlers
(AHTS), platform supply vessels
(PSV), utility boats, work boats
and crew boats. Last year the
company celebrated 30 years of
operation. Most of its fleet vessels
are in long-term charter to Saudi
ARAMCO.
Zamil Shipyard reports a full order
book to mid-2012. Other vessels
on order include four more AHTS
vessels of UT-design, one buoy
handling vessel, five tugs and one
diving support vessel. A
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Name:
Zamil 54
Vessel Type: UT 733 2 AHTS
Yard: Zamil Shipyard
Delivery: November 2008
Length and Breadth:
63.7m long and 14.5m wide
Gross tonnage: 1,500
Net tonnage: 700
Design: Rolls-Royce
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VISION 1-2009. Rolls-Royce
Handling torpedoes
A recent contract includes the
delivery of the first torpedo
anchor handling solution from
Rolls-Royce, tailor-made for
operations in extreme depths
offshore Brazil.
The systems will be installed on
two anchor handling vessels to
be built by STX Brazil Offshore for
the Norwegian shipowner DOF.
VISION 1-2009. Rolls-Royce
Brazilian oil major Petrobras has
developed the torpedo anchor
to meet the challenges of the
depths and seabed conditions off
Brazil, and they have chosen the
Rolls-Royce solution for handling
the anchor on and off the vessel.
The torpedo anchor itself weighs
130 tonnes, compared to a
regular anchor that would weigh
22 tonnes.
The torpedo anchor handling
equipment is part of a complete
winch and Safer Deck Operations
equipment package. A