Anchor Handling Tug Vessels (AHTS)
Focus on power and winch capacity:
- Large vessels: > 16.000 GHP
- Medium vessels: 10–16.000 GHP
- Small vessels (Far East Standard):
< 10.000 GHP
Purpose
- Anchor handling
- Towing of platforms and oil- installations
- Standby rescue- vessel for producing fields
- Transportation of supplies to the installations
Example:
- UT 712 L
- Price newbuild: approx NOK 320 mill.
- Bollard Pull 200
- GHP: 16.000
- Winch: 400 t
