Sealion Shipping Ltd have announced that, on behalf of Toisa Ltd, an order has been placed with the ABG Shipyard in India for the construction of three new, large Multi-Purpose Offshore Support Vessels of VS 483-design.

This newly designed series of ships will enter service commencing March 2012. Designed to support world-wide Sub-Sea and ROV Offshore Support Duties, her outline specification will be

LOA : 87.40 metres

Beam : 19.00 metres

Depth : 8.00 metres

DP : DP2 / IMO Class 2

Flag : Bahamian

Complement : 60 berths

Deck Area : 925 m2

Mezzanine Deck Area : 202 m2

Cranes : 1 x 70 tonne sub-sea

: 1 x 5 tonne general purpose

Helideck : Rated for Sikorsky S92 (D-value 21 metres)

Propulsion : 4-Engine Diesel Electric

Thrusters : Bow - 2 x 1,200 kW tunnel thrusters

: - 1 x 1,000 kW Azimuth drop down thruster

: Stern - 1 x 1,200 kW tunnel thruster

: - 2 x 2,200 kW Azimuth thrusters

Speed : 14.0 knots