Naming ceremony for MT6021 Olympic Bibby

Photo: Martin Hauge Nilsen

The MT6021 Olympic Bibby was given its name in Fosnavåg today by Connie Brown, in a windy but nice ceremony. The vessel has a lenght of 87.75m and a width of 19m, heading straight into duty in the British Sector of the North Sea after the Naming Ceremony.

Kleven build number 371, with OCV MT6021 design ‘Oympic Bibby’, has been signed to a contract with Bibby Offshore for 3 years with options for an additional 3 years.

The MT6021 Olympic Bibby was developed in cooperation with Olympic, with the first contact at end of May 2013. Contract with Kleven was signed in November 2013, followed by 17 months of total projecting and building time.

The vessel has a 60 Ton AHC Offshore Crane with 2000m wire, with 99% compensation at 4.5m wave height & 200m water depth. The work deck area is 820m2.

ROV garage for 2 Work ROV’s are also present.

The vessel has accommodation for 68 people and are built according to SPS rules.

Video: Olympic Bibby entering Fosnavåg port