. Dive Support Construction Vessel

This vessel, designated ST-246 DSV, is a Dive Support Construction Vessel designed by Skipsteknisk AS.

The vessel is specially designed for operation worldwide under severe weather conditions, and has excellent maneuverability and station keeping capabilities.
The vessel is built for the following main tasks:
• Sat Dive and Air Dive Support Services
• ROV operations / inspections
• Subsea installation works
• Light construction works
• Crane operations

Main Characteristics
Length overall 124.00 m
Beam 24.00 m
Depth to main deck 10.20 m
Accommodation 120 persons
Deck area 900m²
Main Crane 250 t @ 12 m
SAT Dive Spread 24 men twin bell

ST-246 DSV is a type of marine engineering auxiliary vessel with top performance capacity. It would be ranked as top 10 DSV globally after built. SKIPSTEKNISK in Norway developed the conception design and part of basic design. Shanghai Bestway took on the detail design and rest basic design, while Huangpu Wenchong was in charge of the production design. This type of ship has the length of 124M, breadth of 24M, moulded depth of 10.2M, with design draft of 6.5M and 900 square meters deck area. Its navigation speed reaches 14.5 knots. It meets the accommodation of 120 people with the endurance of 45 days. It’s equipped with 4 units of 3490 KW diesel main generator set, 2 stern Azimuthing propellers, 2 retractable bow thrusters and 2 pipe type bow thrusters. It is installed with electrical hydraulic main crane with AHC function (250T lift capacity, 3000M operating water depth), DP3 system, stationary 300M water depth saturation diving system for 24 people and air diving operation system.
Shanghai Bestway will continuously strengthen the offshore design team and actively explore overseas market, in order to constantly develop world famous ship types and increase the comprehensive technical ability as well as brand impact.