Rolls-Royce to maintain Siem Offshore’s deck machinery installations aboard 12 state-of-the art anchor handling vessels

Rolls-Royce to maintain Siem Offshore’s deck machinery installations aboard 12 state-of-the art anchor handling vessels

DERBY, UK, 10-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Rolls-Royce has signed a long-term service agreement with offshore vessel owner Siem Offshore for the maintenance of its deck machinery installations aboard 12 state-of-the art anchor handling vessels.

The five-year Maintenance Inspection Programme (MIP) is the formalisation of a cooperation agreement between the two companies following the delivery of ten new AHTS vessels in 2010, and two additional AHTS vessels that Siem Offshore took over ship management of in 2017.

Jon August Houge, Operations Manager, Siem Offshore, said: “We have had a long-term relationship with Rolls-Royce Marine, as supplier of both propulsion and deck machinery. In our experience, a long-term deal like this provides both parties with predictability and, most importantly, ensures operational stability for our fleet.”

Jan Tore Varga, Head of Customer support – Deck Machinery and Steering Gear, Rolls-Royce, said: “Rolls-Royce has provided Siem Offshore with maintenance and inspections services ever since these vessels were delivered. That we can now formalise the arrangement is a solid confirmation that Siem sees the commercial and technical benefits of our long-term maintenance planning solutions.”

Under the agreement, Rolls-Royce will provide the Norwegian operator with a single point of contact for its fleet. For each vessel, a bespoke routine maintenance and inspection plan for all the Rolls-Royce deck machinery installed will be drawn up. This includes 12 low-pressure winch systems, shark jaws and towing pins, stern rollers, as well as 24 steering gears and rudders.

The agreement also includes provision for Siem to increase its crew’s knowledge of the systems and functionalities with in-situ training from Rolls-Royce service engineers when working onboard the vessels.

The Siem Offshore MIP will also be the first offered with a Rolls-Royce mobile app, which allows the crew to log inspections and tests, and communicate the results to Rolls-Royce for evaluation. The Maintenance Inspection Programme can be tailor-made for any type of deck machinery configuration.

Jan Tore Varga, said: “Supported by our service team, Siem Offshore crews will be able to work closely together with Rolls-Royce on their maintenance planning.

“The benefits of running regular maintenance inspections and communicating them are clear: it will reduce the risk of a system breakdown, allow customers to run predictable operations, minimise a vessel’s downtime, and provide expected lower life-cycle costs. For Rolls-Royce there’s added value because it allows us to track work onboard each vessel more effectively, recommending spare parts, upgrades and overhauls.”

About Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

1. Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to meet our planet’s vital power needs.
2. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 150 countries, comprising more than 400 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 4,000 marine customers including 70 navies, and more than 5,000 power and nuclear customers.
3. Annual underlying revenue was £13.8 billion in 2016, around half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. The firm and announced order book stood at £82.7 billion at the end of June 2017.
4. In 2016, Rolls-Royce invested £1.3 billion on research and development. We also support a global network of 31 University Technology Centres, which position Rolls-Royce engineers at the forefront of scientific research.
5. Rolls-Royce employs almost 50,000 people in 50 countries. More than 16,500 of these are engineers.
6. The Group has a strong commitment to apprentice and graduate recruitment and to further developing employee skills. In 2016 we recruited 274 graduates and 327 apprentices through our worldwide training programmes.

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