8th Apr 2014 09:42
LONDON (Alliance News) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC Tuesday said it had won a GBP17 million contract to deliver deck machinery and engines to an arctic anchor handling tug supply vessel to be built by Vard Group AS for Bourbon Offshore Norway.
The deck machinery delivery from Rolls-Royce will consist of anchor handling winches, secondary winches, auxiliary winches, anchor handling cranes and a wide range of safer deck operation equipment. The engine delivery consists of two main engines and three main generator engines.
Anchor handling tug supply vessels are built to handle anchors for oil rigs and perform rig moves. They also serve as supply vessels to and from offshore drilling rigs and this vessel will have the capability to serve in emergency rescue and recovery operations.
In a separate statement, Rolls-Royce also said it has started assembling the first higher-thrust version of the Trent XWB jet engine, which will exclusively power the Airbus A350-1000 aircraft.
The Trent XWB-97, a 97,000lb-thrust version of the engine, will run for the first time later this year, with first flight scheduled for the end of 2016 and entry into service in 2017, Rolls-Royce said.
It is currently manufacturing the first production 84,000lb-thrust Trent XWB engines that will power the first A350 XWB into commercial service with Qatar Airways in 2014.
Rolls-Royce shares were down 0.6% at 1,064 pence Tuesday morning.
By Steve McGrath; [email protected]; @stevemcgrath1
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