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(Continued from page 50) capital investment undertajs«Tl in recent years to raise production efficiency and work cetpacity. Such measures have hpiped ensure con- tinuing competitiveness in selected areas of iife market, including ch
uilt by Ulstein itself, have been ordered since the 1970s. One of the qrucial factors contributing to I the resilience of the shipbuilding sec- tor in the construction of/high- value, specialized tonnag^is the extent to which home-groyn tech- nology is applied in the raw class- es of offshore vessels. A vibrant equipment industry rye an s that key determinants of ®SV perfor- mance, including ancrfor-handling winches, main enginas, thrusters, rudders, steering gears and elec- tronic control systems are pro- duced in the Norwegian domain at an internationally competitive level. The Ulstein Group offers full packages, individual components or any permutations spanning design, construction, engineering and equipment supply./ In addi- tion to the newbuilding produc- tion at its own Ulsteij^rik premis- es, where the OSW orderbook extends into mid-^998, it licenses other Norwegian! and foreign yards to build^JT-series vessels and sells geaf for use in non- Ulstein or iron-Norwegian devel- oped designs. Thus, for instance, heavy-dut# Ulstein Brattvaag winches ffeure in the specifica- tions for al\ost all the larger type of anchor-han!B»jjg support vessel newbuildings worlu^de. Among the 1996 completions by Ulstein Verft, the U1740-class, 222-ton bollard pulll capacity Normand Neptun provided a new showcase for Norwegian offshore vessel technology. Ranking as one of the largest support ships equipped for ancho: was installed with Brattvaag winch of ity. Other new tj ses from the Ulstein stable to h; missioned into have included the I which readily lends tation for cable-h One such vessel wa -handling, it i triple-drum 00-ton capac- ve been com- seif/ice in 1996 T756 design, tself to adap- ying duties, delivered by Circle 300 on Reader Service Card