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Bourbon Orca awarded "Ship of the Year 2006" at the SMM 2006 exhibition in Hamburg
Paris, September 27, 2006
Latest of the modern offshore oil and gas marine service vessels, the Bourbon Orca, with its "revolutionnary" design (Ulstein AX104) was awarded "Ship of the Year 2006" by the Norwegian trade journal Skipsrevyen at the SMM 2006 exhibition in Hamburg, the leading international trade fair in the sector of shipbuilding, machinery and marine technology. Mr Jacques de Chateauvieux received the award on behalf of the shipowning company, Ms Gunvor Ulstein on behalf of the shipbuilding company Ulstein Verft AS and Mr Tore Ulstein on behalf of Ulstein Design AS.The Bourbon Orca offers three innovations: inverted bow, a new secure anchor handling system, and diesel-electric propulsion. Bourbon Offshore Norway has achieved an amazing advance in innovation by participating in the development of an Ulstein AX104 anchor handling vessel, equipped with the new Ulstein X-Bow? hull design from Ulstein Design AS. More about Bourbon Orca