Olympic Octopus - Tug
14th Nov 2006, 12:13 GMT
The Olympic Octopus is a type UT 712 L anchor handling tug supply vessel, owned by Olympic Shipping AS and built by Aker Yards in Søviknes, Norway. The Octopus name was chosen because of the novel flexible arms which form part of the anchor handling operations. The Olympic Octopus will operate on long term contract to BP in the Mediterranean. "The vessel can act in a safety standby role with a 280-person survivor capacity.
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