According to the company, the contract awards are from Teekay Corporation, Cosco Nantong Shipyard and Hyundai Heavy Industries for the supply of offshore loading systems. The contract party is Aker Solutions subsidiary Aker Pusnes.
Aker Solutions said that the Cosco contracts consist of bow loading systems and deck machinery for two shuttle tankers being built for Knutsen OAS Shipping. The contract with Hyundai is for an offloading system for the Usan floating, production, storage and offloading unit.
The offloading system to be delivered by Aker Solutions is a configuration of mooring and offloading equipment at the stern/bow of the FSO/FPSO which allows for offshore transfer of crude oil from the FSO/FPSO to a tanker. The company said that delivery of the offshore loading systems will take place within Q3 2009 with the exception of the second bow loading system to Cosco which will take place Q2 2010.
Leif Haukom, president of Aker Pusnes, said: “The three shuttle tankers will be fitted with Aker Solutions bow loading systems which enable a safe connection for the hose to the shuttle tanker. This connection can be safely disconnected in the event of an emergency without creating surge loads in the hose. Two of the shuttle tankers will operate in Brazil, these contracts for Brazilian waters confirm the global position of our bow loading systems.”
