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Model of Bourbon Orca at London Science Museum
Paris, September 19, 2007
The revolutionary vessel Bourbon Orca, pilot of the most outstanding evolution in ship design in recent years, is displayed since the beginning of this September in the gallery of one of the world's leading museums for innovation, science and technology.
With much interest in a model of an ULSTEIN X-BOW® to update the shipping gallery, the conservation manager of the Science Museum, Jannicke K. Langfeld, contacted the Ulstein group, manufacturer and designer of these next generation ships, last February.
"We are interested by this type of vessel because this is a new design that is more seaworthy and energy efficient than earlier designs, and because it is the first new major alteration in ship designs for a long time span".
A result of the co-operation between Bourbon Offshore Norway, Ulstein Verft and ODIM, the Bourbon Orca was the first vessel built with the ULSTEIN X-BOW inverted bow design and the first to prove the significance of the innovation.
All three companies shared the costs in building the model to offer it to the Science Museum of London, which has the world's largest collections in the fields of science, technology, industry and medicine.More than 2,4 million visitors each year will be able to admire the Bourbon Orca, one of the new attractions of the permanent exhibitions in the middle of more than 300.000 objects, instruments or innovative machines of the science of their time.
For further information
- Bourbon Orca: www.bourbon-online.com/Bourbon-Orca,459
- Bourbon Offshore Norway Website: www.bourbon-offshore.no
- Ulstein Website: www.ulsteingroup.com
- Odim Website : www.odim.no