Coffee is served and the guests onboard the Esvagt ship sit down briefly to reflect on their experiences. One of the guests asks “But I don’t understand - how will the FRC (Fast Rescue Craft) be able to keep the balance at sea when the wind is strong and the waves demonstrate their powers?”
Asger Pedersen, Director of Service in Vestas Offshore, listens and explains things from the top:
“The main reason for choosing Esvagt as the supplier of the new hotel ship is rooted in their core business. Their experience and ability to offer safety stand by services at oil platforms is, to put it mildly, impressive. Also, Esvagt’s experience and frequent training with FRC boats makes them a world class company. This is why they will deliver the emergency response rescue vessel – and this is why we have trust in their competencies.”
At Esvagt, the safety philosophy is rooted in a preventive safety strategy. The reason for this strategy is based on a long track record showing that all personnel accidents can be avoided through the appropriate training, evaluation and industry benchmarking. However, since Esvagt also takes on rescue operations they know that accidents do happen at sea, and consequently their fleet and crew are always prepared.
Strong winds
The hotel ship is customized to drill down the crew in a FRC boat in all types of weather – it is built for extreme weather conditions, but for Vestas it will only be used under relative calm weather.
“One can underestimate the performance of an FRC boat” Asger says and begins to answer the burning question at the table. “The FRC boat is one of the best vessels out there, because it is built to perform challenging rescue operations in even severe weather conditions. Its construction and low center of gravity offers eminent stability. Moreover, it allows Esvagt to operate in bad weather scenarios for global offshore oilfield companies such as Statoil, Shell, DONG, Total, Van Oord Offshore, Maersk and many others.” He says and finishes his cake.
The coffee break ends and the guest go on to experience the virtually V112 3.0MW nacelle in the lower deck of the ship.
Find more information about Esvagt here:http://esvagt.dk/
