Jun 20 - Gibraltar Registered Ship At Singapore Maritime Week

The Gibraltar registered VOS Prince was one of two offshore support vessels on show at the Singapore Maritime Week, which hosted an estimated 4000 visitors over two days.

This was part of an initiative by the Singapore Shipping Association to showcase the offshore marine sector and to highlight career opportunities in the industry.

The VOS Prince was moored at the Vivocity Waterfront Promenade in the Port of Singapore, providing an opportunity for visitors to step on board one of the newest ships to register with Gibraltar and raising Gibraltar’ profile at a prestigious event, bringing the Gibraltar Register to the attention of potential clients amongst Far East ship owners.

The VOS Prince was delivered in 2016 and is a state of the art 3548 GT tug / offshore support / platform supply vessel (PSV) vessel operated by Vroon Offshore Services, and is one of 9 vessels owned by the Vroon Group registered in Gibraltar, with three more due to be delivered and registered during this and next year.

VOS Prince is the fourth of eight sister vessels being constructed at Fujian Southeast Shipyard for Vroon Offshore Services. The vessels are Special Purpose Ship Coded, with full dynamic positioning systems and are equipped with full supply capabilities, that include stainless-steel tanks for fuel, chemicals, drilling mud and freshwater and facility to carry containers and equipment on deck.

The ships provide high quality accommodation and workspace for a total complement of 52 persons (comprised of 38 special purpose crew & client staff and up to 14 ship’s crew members).

This unique vessel concept is based on a design by Khiam Chuan Marine (KCM).

KCM, Vroon’s Newbuilding Performance & Engineering Department, the world-renowned yacht designer KER Yacht Design & Engineering and Force Technology in Copenhagen worked closely together to fully optimise the design, ensuring favourable motion and sea- keeping ability and efficient fuel consumption, both in dynamic positioning mode and during transit.

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