Ulstein Verft followed the Bourbon Orca with a line of platform ships designated the PX105. These ships have a deck area of 1000 m2 and is provided with Schotte azimuthing thrusters aft and DPII. All this in addition to the spectacular XBow. At the time of writing this - in 2016 - no-one has found any fault with the XBow, or in fact any of the other bow shapes produced by others, although the guys on the forecastle trying to tie the ships up must be cursing at times. 

Main picture Scott Boulter.

TYPE: ULSTEIN PX105		NAME: BOURBON MISTRAL		Photos: David Dodds, Jan Plug, Scott Vardy
GENERAL		PROPULSION		CARGO CAPACITY
Length OA	88.80 m	Engines	4	Fuel	900 m3
Breadth	19.0 m	BHP	8475	Pot water	900 m3
DWT	4720 t	For'd Thrusters	1 x 1200 kW	Mud	1450 m3
Deck area	1000 m2	Az Thruster	1 x 850 kW	Base oil	250 m3
Berths	22	Aft Thrusters	Schottel Azimuth	Brine
Year built	2006	Joystick		Dry bulk	300 m3
Shipyard	Ulstein Verft	DP	Kongsberg DPII	Tank Cleaning	?
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