Posted on 7/24/2019
Oceaneering International Inc., Houston, recently christened the 353’x72’x29’6″ multipurpose advanced subsea construction support vessel (MPSV) Ocean Evolution. The new offshore service vessel was built at BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards before the Mobile, Ala.-based facility closed.
Oceaneering took delivery of the MPSV in April, and after completing final outfitting in Port Fourchon, La., began work in June.
Designed by Merin Teknikk Design & Engineering, Gurskoy, Norway, the DP-2, ABS-classed vessel is equipped with a 250-mt heave compensated National Oilwell Varco crane which can set loads on the sea floor in 4000m of water. There are also fou...