On Tuesday night, Aug. 25, yard number 302 Island Venture, an offshore construction vessel for Island Offshore/Edison Chouest Offshore, was launched from the dock hall at Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Verft.

Currently, the heli deck is being mounted. Measuring close to 160m in length, and with at beam of 30m, she is the largest offshore vessel so far from Ulstein Verft.

The vessel is jointly owned by Norway-based Island Offshore and US-based Edison Chouest Offshore. The latter will be managing the vessel, thus, the vessel carries the Edison Chouest colours and logo.