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C&M eyes Ice Maiden sister



By Upstream staff 

Aberdeen-based C&M Group is considering the possibility of building a second multi-purpose support vessel similar to the $100 million Ice Maiden I, which was officially launched at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston today.

David Kellas, C&M’s operations director, told UpstreamOnline that the Ice Maiden I’s first contract will be for Shell in the UK North Sea. C&M is completing the conversion of the vessel into a multi-purpose construction vessel with accommodation for some 400 people.

The vessel, which is currently berthed at the Atlantic Shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, was renamed Ice Maiden I by the UK’s Energy Minister Peter Truscott. She will become the first monohull floatel to work in the North Sea when she comes under charter later this year.

Ice Maiden I, formerly the Russian class ice-breaker MV Paardeberg, was built for the Russian Navy in 1991. She is 167 metres long with a 23 metre beam and has two 25 tonne capacity cranes and a helideck capable of handling EH101 helicopters.

Kellas said a second vessel would most likely be built “assuming we get a reasonable contract”.


Tuesday, 01 May, 2007, 16:12 GMT  | last updated: Wednesday, 02 May, 2007, 05:08 GMT

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