Picture of the Day
It seems only the other day that I took this photo of the havila Star as it was leaving Aberdeen on its way out to the field. It may now be the Ocean Spey, a sophisticated and capable standby vessel, or as they like to be known in UK waters ERRVs. It is UT719 built for the task, the daughter craft launched and recovered using Caley Ocean System davits. According to one of the many marine websites vying for your custom is is currently in the Celtic Sea.
Heerema have always had a couple of tugs which accompany their crane vessels where necessary to carry out barge towing and the like, and this is one of the second generation tugs, the Bylgia. It and its sister ship the Kolga entered service with the company in 2013, having been constructed in Vigo. They have 180 tons bollard pull and accommodation for 40. This ship has a couple of odd structures on the sides of the main deck. They are not part of the original construction and look as if they might have been added to provided access to something.
Thumbing through my extensive photo library of offshore vessels while looking for illustrations for the book I am compiling, I happened to find a photo taken by myself back in 2007 of the UT 755 Skandi Waveney (could be something else by now) working at a semi-submersible in marginal conditions. Did that container come out of the stow? Or were they trying to land it? I either case looks a bit dodgy.