Green Yard delivered the vessel in May 2025 to the owners, and during the summer the last equipment installation where completed, and the christening ceremony took part in Ijmuiden in The Netherlands. Now she has already completed her first project offshore in Germany. The ship conversion project was done in very short time, and the outcome is amazing! Both Ship owner and yard are very proud of the advanced vessel for geotechnical operations.
The ship that is a Marin Teknikk MT6000 design, originally delivered as B310 from Kleven Shipyard. Due to its pioneering design at the time, and the excellent building quality and good maintenance, the vessel still is very competitive today.
The length is 85,6 meters, and a diesel Electric propulsion by four Wartsila generators, and four thrusters make her redundant and fuel economic.
The vessel was converted from a standard PSV vessel and into a Advanced geotechnical vessel for the renewable energy market.
Design of the conversion was done by the original designer, Marin Teknikk, that has a long history in successful projects with Green Yard with over 40 projects together.
Green Yard Kleven installed a moon pool, an integrated accommodation block with new cabins, offices, wardrobes, day rooms and laundry. A new DP and automation system is also installed.
A new moonpool prefabricated and installed.
A 2nd hand crane and a FRC Rescue boat with davit were sourced, overhauled, recertified and installed by Green Yard Kleven. - This is one of our specialties to be able to source important equipment for the project in short time within the project period, says sales Manager Retrofit Karl Johan Barstad. By using an existing hull, and available equipment the savings in emissions, lead times and cost are huge.
One of the new cabins in the accomodation block.
The Geoquip Silvretta is now fully refitted and ready for action, featuring advanced safety features, including pipe and tool handling systems. A GMTR150 heave-compensated drill rig over a central moonpool for offshore geotechnical operations. Enhanced crew and client accommodation in the new areas and the upgraded existing areas onboard.
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us to mark this milestone, say CEO of Geoquip Rune Olav Pedersen in ship owners press release.
Photo: Jan Plug
We are very happy that a Geoquip as a ship owner find our sustainable shipbuilding interesting and have awarded us with this contract. We are very proud of the result and are happy to see that we are getting more contracts for similar conversion with major operators in this market. Our focus on sustainability, high quality and delivery precision give us a position in the market for this kind of projects, say CEO of Green Yard, Hans Jørgen Fedog.
Link below to Marine traffic where you can folow the ship in operation.
