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Unique Hull Design Captures Attention In The North Sea |
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Wednesday, 11 July 2007 06:37 |
The Ulstein Design company is celebrating the order of hull number 40, which uses its unique ULSTEIN X-BOW design. About half of the orders taken to date use the 'inverted bow'created for North Sea offshore work. The company delivered the first ship using the design, the Bourbon Orca, last summer. Ulstein Design is a newcomer to the Ulstein Group, which was created in 1917 and employs about 600 people worldwide. This link has some flash video of the Bourbon Orca in action.
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The Design was voted 'Engineering Achievement Of The Year'in 2005 by Teknisk Ukeblad magazine and the Bourbon Orca was voted 'Ship Of The Year'in 2006 by the same magazine. The ship was also a finalist for the Innovation Award at the ONS trade show in Hamburg, and the Sea Trade Awards in London.
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