Vision 2012/1 - Rolls-Royce

NO. 1/2012
VISION 1/12
Editor: Anette Bonnevie Wollebæk
Contributors: Marianne Hovden,
Richard White, Linn Christin Osnes
and Blue-C.
REACHING
NEW HEIGHTS
VIEWPOINT
Design and layout:
I&M Kommunikasjon AS
Printed by: Egsetviketrykk AS
Circulation: 13,000
Photos in this issue:
Pages 10-11: Tognum
Pages 14-15: Ill. by I&M
Page 16: Salt Studio
Page 18: Transocean
Page 26: MPI Offshore
Other photos and illustrations are
from the Rolls-Royce archive.
Contact: Rolls-Royce
Communications Dept.,
P.O. Box 1522,
NO-6025 Ålesund, Norway
Tel. +47 815 200 70
E-mails regarding this magazine
can be sent to:
marianne.hovden@rolls-royce.com
OFFSHORE
MAGAZINE
VISION
Complete crane
concepts for
offshore vessels PAGE 7
HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS ISSUE: INTEGRATED DESIGN
FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT, PAGE 12 I
UNDERWATER REPAIR SAVES TIME AND MONEY,
PAGE 20 I TWO NEW TRAINING CENTRES, PAGE 28
This edition of Vision features innovation in many
areas, from advanced deck equipment to futuristic
hull designs. This provides a good picture of Roll-
Royce’s offshore business today. Innovation for us
is as much about fine-tuning individual solutions
as about the grand sweep of technological
advancement. Rolls-Royce is bursting with highly
skilled people at all levels, with an extreme interest
in product development, new ideas and ingenious
improvements big and small. But while some
technology-driven companies may struggle to
lift their gaze from the drawing board and check
where the market is going, we see it as a crucial
management discipline to be practised every day.
The exciting thing about an innovative company
like ours is the wealth of expertise and competence
we have on tap, and the opportunities it gives us
to support the development of safer and more
environment-friendly solutions, and more efficient
operations.
In response to the steadily growing amount
of advanced equipment being designed and
produced at our facilities, both vessel crews
and service engineers need to keep themselves
constantly up to date. This effort will receive a
considerable boost in March this year when the
brand new Rolls-Royce Technology and Training
Centre in Ålesund is officially opened. The centre is
the only one of its kind in Europe, and represents a
unique meeting place for our industry. It will house
several new simulator solutions in addition to a hall
for ship’s equipment such as propellers, winches
and engines. Products that we supply from
various plants in the Nordic region will be brought
together here, making the centre a fantastic
showcase for the Group’s engineering capabilities.
The centre will be one hub in a network of
maritime training centres that Rolls-Royce has, or
is in the process of building, all over the world.
We are also very pleased that the centre is located
adjacent to Ålesund University College, and hope
to further strengthen the ties between business
and academia.
Best regards,
Anders Almestad
President – Offshore
Front page: 3D illustration of
crane, with large lifting capability.
©Rolls-Royce
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