Jiangsu Rainbow Heavy Industries announced that its subsidiary, Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipment (ROC), has secured its first order of the new year. Following the contract for the construction of two SPP40 platform supply vessels (PSVs) with CDB Leasing, the two parties have signed an additional contract for the construction of two more SPP40 PSVs. The two SPP40 PSVs from the previously signed contract are already being constructed in an orderly manner.
According to a previous report, CDB Leasing announced on January 27 that it had signed contracts with ROC and Nantong CIMC Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering Co., Ltd (CIMC SOE) each for four offshore support vessels. The unit price for each vessel will not exceed $30 million, and the total price for the eight vessels will not exceed $240 million (approximately RMB 1.72 billion).
The SPP40 platform supply vessel undertaken by ROC has a total length of 81.75 meters, a width of 17.40 meters, and a depth of 7.8 meters, with a maximum draft of 6.3 meters and a deadweight tonnage of 4000 tons. The vessel is classed by the Bureau Veritas (BV) and is equipped with a DP2 system and a replaceable container-type power battery system.
It is currently one of the first vessels equipped with such a battery system by BV. The battery pack can achieve zero-emission navigation in emission control areas or ecological protection areas, and in DP mode, it can help the power system by shaving peak loads, significantly reducing fuel consumption and pollution. It is a high-tech, marketable offshore vessel with a promising future.