Acta-Orion

Acta Marine and CIG shipbuilding have reported that the newbuild construction support vessel of the Dutch marine operator Acta Marine ‘Acta Orion’, was christened at a naming ceremony held at the port of Harlingen, The Netherlands. Mrs. Didi te Gussinklo Ohmann, Van Oord’s Gemini project director performed the ceremony. Acta Marine is expanding its fleet with this purpose build Walk to Work construction support vessel in order to service the offshore wind industry. Acta Orion has a length of 108 metres and a beam of 16 metres. The newbuild DP2 offshore construction support vessel’s key features includes 80 bed accommodation, a large cargo deck and a cargo hold with tween deck providing over 1250 m2 deck space. The vessel will be the largest vessel in the Acta Marine fleet. Acta Marine contracted CIG Shipbuilding for the design and construction of the vessel. The vessel design has been optimised for station and seakeeping to increase the comfort level and offshore workability. Acta says this will allow continuation of installation support activities also in challenging weather and sea conditions. “With Acta Orion our company takes a big step forward in the offshore wind industry.” said Rob Boer, Managing Director of Acta Marine. “Together with the ten crew transfer vessels we acquired earlier this year, we are now able to offer a broad range of marine services to our clients in this growing market.” The vessel will be fitted with an active motion-compensated personnel transfer gangway, permitting the safe transfer of work crews and cargo packages. http://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/marine-civils/marine-civils/acta-orion-launched