Nauplius Secures Vessel Conversion Deal

De Vries & Van de Wiel, part of the DEME, has commissioned Nauplius Workboats to convert a high-speed ship into a survey vessel for hydrographic research.

Over the recent weeks, a Nauplius team has been working on converting a high-speed work ship into a survey vessel.

“We have made a number of structural and equipment modifications to make the vessel suitable for hydrographic work under the UK flag,” said Dick Westera, commercial director at Nauplius Workboats. “Among other things, this involves installing a moonpool and various fixed sensors to be able to take soundings, installing a new generator, modifying the electrical system and installing larger batteries. Of course, a full survey control table is being installed. The work for this project is being done at our temporary location in Hindeloopen.”

A 15,5 meter No Limit type vessel was delivered to the contractor as a survey vessel “Wieringen” on 12 March 2015.