Green Yard Kleven has been awarded another ship conversion contract with Oceanica. This contract is the fifth in a row for the conversion of offshore ships for the Brazilian ship owner.

Green Yard Kleven in Ulsteinvik and the Brazilian ship owner Oceanica are proud to announce that they have signed a contract to convert the vessel "Oceanicasub XVII" from an Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessel to a ship capable of performing Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) operations.

Confidence

This conversion strengthens the bond between Oceanica and Green Yard even more and is based on mutual confidence that the project will be completed in the most sustainable way, on time, quality, and budget. 

"Oceanicasub XVII" will be equipped with mezzanine decks for ROV equipment, extended crew capacity, and areas for charterers. At the same time, the ship will undergo a general upgrade and class re-approval.

Oceanicasub XVII is a UT712L anchor handler vessel and were originally delivered from Green Yard Kleven as B313 back in 2007 named "Rem Balder." The ship was recently bought from Solstad Offshore and had the name "Normand Titan."

Cluster cooperation

The maritime cluster in Norway is important for such conversions. Local suppliers such as Volti, Ulmatec, Rovde Møbel, and Westing will be involved, and the ship will be dry-docked at the neighbor dockyard Ulstein. 

The design of the conversion is done by Marin Teknikk. This will be another project in a long row of projects in the good cooperation between Green Yard amd MT, both on ships originally designed by MT and on other designs.

"It is important for us to try to keep the same team as for the earlier conversions, and we have strong confidence in Green Yard Kleven and the other companies involved," says Director for Engineering and Operations, Fernando Cesar Dos Santos in Oceanica.

Photo: From signing of the first contract back in 2022. From left: Richard Gjerde - Marin Teknikk, Fernando Cecar Dos Santos - Oceanica, Karl Johan Barstad - Green Yard Kleven.

Sustainable Conversion

Green Yard Kleven focuses on sustainability, including environmental, social, and governmental sustainability. Ensuring the best working conditions for our workers, maintaining our competence, and transferring competence to new generations is important. In the same way, being innovative in how to perform the work sustainably, improve circularity and reduce environmental footprint are the main goals.

In this project, as in all our projects, we try to reuse as much as possible. We plan to use second-hand components on this project and also get all the components that are removed from this vessel into the second-hand market. 

"We will have both interior parts and machinery components for sale from this project," says Sales Manager Retrofit, Karl Johan Barstad.

"I'm very satisfied that our good customer Oceanica came back to us for the fifth time. This shows that our team does a good job that the customers appreciate. The project also secures good activity for the yard in the upcoming months," says CEO Hans Jørgen Fedog.

High Activity

At the time, Green Yard Kleven have ongoing conversions for Geoquip and Sea Shipping, and also a new building project for an Offshore Energy Vessel for OMV Petrom. 

The sister yard Green Yard Feda also has several projects ongoing for shipowners such as Ross Offshore and DOF/Maersk.

About Oceanica

For over 44 years, we have developed subsea solutions for the offshore energy industry. We are a Brazilian company with a strong presence in offshore asset integrity, assuring long-term environmental sustainability.

We work within prevention, contingency, and engineering, seeking risk mitigation of potential environmental impacts within our clients’ activities and increasing their assets' service life. We offer inspection, intervention, and monitoring services for subsea structures. We also develop complete solutions for our clients, creating and optimizing engineering resources.

Our business strategy focuses on operational excellence and the safety of our operations, providing the best experience for our clients, environmental sustainability, and respect for society. We work strongly within production maintenance support, especially performing essential prevention and conservation activities for the O&G and renewable energy industries, supporting the subsea construction market and large enterprises within ports and hydroelectric power plants. We also work as a service provider for companies in other segments, such as telecommunications and mining.

About Green Yard

Green Yard aims to be the most sustainable alternative in the industry. The shipyards Green Yard Kleven in Ulsteinvik and Green Yard Feda at Flekkefjord are part of the Green Yard Group. We offer all types of shipyard services for ships and rigs for both national and international customers. This can be anything from small assignments to large and complicated conversions, new builds, rig service, ship recycling, and mobile yard services.

We focus on sustainability, high quality, and delivery on time. Our skilled employees make it possible to be flexible and find good solutions for our customers. Both yards are ISO certified in the areas of environment and quality.

Front picture: Sister vessel “Oceanicasub X” delivered from Green Yard Kleven in 2023.