The offshore Supply Ship approaching Aberdeen from the oil fields of the North sea


BLUE THUNDER is a Platform Supply Vessel, designed and built by ULSTEIN. The hull form, with the ULSTEIN X-BOW®, combined with diesel electric propulsion system, ensures the best performances with regard to fuel consumption, sea keeping, station keeping, and speed. The main propulsion system comprises two azimuth pulling thrusters, each driven by frequency controlled variable speed electric motor. One retractable azimuth thruster and two tunnel thrusters forward are installed, ensuring the vessel to obtain the best station keeping capabilities with ERN[99,99,99,89]. The vessel is equipped, built and certi ed according to IMO Class II for Dynamic Positioning


Size: 6187px × 3954px
Location: N Pier, Aberdeen AB11 5HB, UK
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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