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BigRoll Bering to Get DP2 Upgrade

Roll Group is upgrading their MC-class vessel, BigRoll Bering, with a DP2 system. Bakker Sliedrecht and RH Marine have been awarded to execute the upgrade.

Bakker Sliedrecht and RH Marine will upgrade Roll Group’s ice-class vessel BigRoll Bering with a Dynamic Positioning 2 system (DP2). This will increase the deployability of the vessel for more complex transports, where a DP2 system is mandatory.

Bakker Sliedrecht has been asked to upgrade the vessel with a DP2 system. RH Marine supplies the in-house developed DP2 system, which includes the computers, screens, control panels, joysticks and the DP software. In addition, the wind sensors, motion sensors and Differential Global Positioning Systems are also part of the delivery.

Bakker Sliedrecht supplies the switch boxes, cables for communication and power supplies, installs and commissions the system. Every component is duplicated according to classification, so that in the event of a single error in the system the ship can remain its position.

“The DP-system improves the comfort of the vessel’s control. The captain or helmsman can stop the ship at the push of a button. Because the DP system is DP2-class certified, it can also be used for complex jobs such as transporting foundations for wind turbines at sea, for which this classification is required,” say System Architect Gerrit van Pelt of Bakker Sliedrecht and Sales Manager Products & Solutions Peter Copier from RH Marine.

Installation of a new DP2 system using takes 24 weeks, but by scaling up, they will complete it in thirteen weeks, says Copiër.

The BigRoll Bering is specially designed to transport heavy and oversized objects for onshore and offshore projects. Roll Group is active in combined land and sea projects for engineered heavy transport for all markets including the renewable and Oil & Gas market.

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