Excursion to Møre
Here is a short update from me... I am in the middle of a four day study trip to Møre (Northwest Norway).
We left Trondheim early Monday morning by bus, and went first to Brattvåg where we visited Rolls Royce to look at their production facilities for winches and deck machinery. That was quite interesting.
Later, we went to Aker Yards at Søviknes, and that was really exciting! We got a tour into an offshore supply vessel which they were completing. They got the hull from a yard in Romania only two weeks ago, and now they were installing all the equipment. The engine and most of the interior of the ship was still missing.
Last night, Aker Yards treated us to a great dinner in Ålesund, before we went to Ulstein where we are staying at the moment.
This morning we went first to another Rolls Royce department, this one was a plant producing propulsion gear. Then, we visited Ulstein Design and Ulstein verft, where we got into another half finished offshore vessel. This one was nearer completion than the one we saw yesterday, and quite a bit bigger. It was very interesting!
In the afternoon we went to Fosnavåg and visited Olympic shipping, where their CEO gave us a presentation of the company. He started up by buying an old fishing vessel sometime in the early seventies, and today they operate a large fleet of sophisticated offshore vessels. That is quite an achievement! A journalist from Skipsrevyen was there and took some pictures of us.
So far it has been quite hectic, but very cool!
We left Trondheim early Monday morning by bus, and went first to Brattvåg where we visited Rolls Royce to look at their production facilities for winches and deck machinery. That was quite interesting.
Later, we went to Aker Yards at Søviknes, and that was really exciting! We got a tour into an offshore supply vessel which they were completing. They got the hull from a yard in Romania only two weeks ago, and now they were installing all the equipment. The engine and most of the interior of the ship was still missing.
Last night, Aker Yards treated us to a great dinner in Ålesund, before we went to Ulstein where we are staying at the moment.
This morning we went first to another Rolls Royce department, this one was a plant producing propulsion gear. Then, we visited Ulstein Design and Ulstein verft, where we got into another half finished offshore vessel. This one was nearer completion than the one we saw yesterday, and quite a bit bigger. It was very interesting!
In the afternoon we went to Fosnavåg and visited Olympic shipping, where their CEO gave us a presentation of the company. He started up by buying an old fishing vessel sometime in the early seventies, and today they operate a large fleet of sophisticated offshore vessels. That is quite an achievement! A journalist from Skipsrevyen was there and took some pictures of us.
So far it has been quite hectic, but very cool!