# Island Victory set anchor handling record **URL:** \ **Category:** Offshore\ **Created:** [March 24, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/island-victory-set-anchor-handling-record/58786 "2021-03-24T17:19:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/island-victory-set-anchor-handling-record/58786/1 "2021-03-24T17:19:29Z")
440 m.t. tension test by single vessel is not something you see often: > **[Anchor Handling 'World Record' for Island Offshore's Vessel](https://www.oedigital.com/news/486255-anchor-handling-world-record-for-island-offshore-s-vessel?fbclid=IwAR0l_UzqMvK9fNhAyzaqS2TW1TnT_O8x7EACGmCrVfdA2Q0Hn61a9sgWcKc)** > > Norwegian offshore vessel operator Island Offshore has recently set what it says is a world record with its deep-water installation… Island Victory specs: > **[MV ISLAND VICTORY](https://www.islandoffshore.com/vessel/mv-island-victory)** > > Deep Water Installation Vessel Island Victory can show off a bollard pull of 477 tonnes! Equipped with a 250 tonnes offshore crane, two ROVs and a large moon pool, the vessel suitable for both pre-lay of anchor systems, installation of subsea... ---
**Author:** ![Slick\_cam1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/slick_cam1/32/817_2.png) [@Slick\_cam1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Slick_cam1)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/island-victory-set-anchor-handling-record/58786/2 "2021-03-24T17:40:52Z")
Impressive…most impressive ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/island-victory-set-anchor-handling-record/58786/3 "2021-05-18T18:53:03Z")
Island Victory is now in GoM: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/1/0/10301c451ed92dff94c50c859b86052b6b71f060.jpeg) Presently in Mobile Al: > **[ISLAND VICTORY (Multi Purpose Offshore Vessel) Registered in Norway - Vessel...](https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:5919931/mmsi:257073920/imo:9745615/vessel:ISLAND_VICTORY)** > > Vessel ISLAND VICTORY is a Multi Purpose Offshore Vessel, Registered in Norway. Discover the vessel's particulars, including capacity, machinery, photos and ownership. Get the details of the current Voyage of ISLAND VICTORY including Position, Port... ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/island-victory-set-anchor-handling-record/58786/4 "2021-05-20T13:49:54Z")
Bridge on the Island Victory is spacious: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/b/7/b71c2b89f7e1cbec8ce72d180ec83eda796327e0.jpeg) Master and 1st Mate in their work uniforms. She is at the Subsea 7 Base in Mobile, Al.: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/c/3/c38b6973da2f7e4c07af663c3202be85c9001fdd.jpeg) These two are due to fly home after 5 weeks onboard, but will have to spend 10 days of their 5 weeks off-time in a quarantine hotel in Bergen before they can see their family here in Ålesund. ---
**Author:** ![powerabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@powerabout](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/powerabout)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/island-victory-set-anchor-handling-record/58786/5 "2021-05-20T14:13:58Z")
I wonder what that will be repurposed as instead of scrapping in a few years? ---
**Author:** ![ExtraSaltySeadog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ExtraSaltySeadog](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ExtraSaltySeadog)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/island-victory-set-anchor-handling-record/58786/6 "2021-05-20T22:14:39Z")
The Island Victory is the most advanced anchor handling vessel in the world, there will probably be a good market for it. It is the anchor handlers with less than 250t bollard pull and low mooring equipment storage capacity that are in danger of getting scrapped. ---
**Author:** ![powerabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@powerabout](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/powerabout)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/island-victory-set-anchor-handling-record/58786/7 "2021-05-21T00:49:41Z")
What are the jobs for over 250t bollard pull? ---
**Author:** ![whizbang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c5a1d2/32.png) [@whizbang](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/whizbang)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/island-victory-set-anchor-handling-record/58786/8 "2021-05-21T04:20:30Z")
What’s the bridge on top of the bridge? ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/island-victory-set-anchor-handling-record/58786/9 "2021-05-21T09:35:40Z")
> [@whizbang](#): > > What’s the bridge on top of the bridge? Heli lounge/brief room for arriving and departing personnel Also used as recreation room when not in use for the above. Here is a video showing the building of Island Victory, from the hull building yard Vard Tulcea in Romania, outfitting at Vard Brevik, final completion. testing and commissioning at Vard Langstein and Bollard pull test in Romsdalsfjorden: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/2/3/23c26cdfc07c714ec60f29c54f7ddf1dcb9cbedb.jpeg "The construction of the ship Island Victory (timeline)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-MYjxF7DUo) She was delivered from the yard 7.Febr. 2020: > **[Offshore Installation Ship Island Victory Delivered](https://www.marinetechnologynews.com/news/offshore-installation-island-victory-598504)** > > Island Offshore took delivery of Island Victory, a new offshore installation vessel, at VARD Langsten today (Friday, February 7,… After a brief presentation and open ship at Skansekaia, Ålesund, where Vard have their headquarters, ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/3/f/3f70eabdfe21dce5285c2809fe05ddc76153446b.jpeg) She went straight to work in the Barents Sea: [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/5/6/5633629ee175611c3b368997bfe8d10d9cd28cae.jpeg "A subsea milestone for Island Victory") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbCVsI0wYTo) ---
**Author:** ![ExtraSaltySeadog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ExtraSaltySeadog](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ExtraSaltySeadog)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/island-victory-set-anchor-handling-record/58786/10 "2021-05-21T11:51:33Z")
> [@powerabout](#): > > What are the jobs for over 250t bollard pull? As the article in OP mentions in March 2021 they installed an achor set at 440t bollard pool for Lundin Energy, so there are jobs around where charterers want that kind of tention. The main thing that will probably get the Island Victory lots of work is its mooring equipment storage capacity. I don’t know that its maximum capacity is but last year it loaded 24.5km of 84mm chain, I think that is far more than any other anchor handler can store. So charterers will only need to hire one boat for a job when in the past they might need 2-3 boats that might have to do an extra run back into port to load more equipment. For comparison the 2013 built Skandi Iceman and 2016 built Horizon Arctic can ‘only’ store 14km of 84mm chain. I think the Maersk’s new M-Class AHTS can ‘only’ store around 12km of 84mm chain, so the Island Victory can store more than double. I can’t find any data online about how much fibre rope the Island Victory can store on its storage reels but I imagine it would be a lot, even some relatively new AHTS don’t actually have that much capacity on their storage reels. Having a very large storage capacity will probably make them very attractive to charterers who will only have to hire one boat for a job. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/island-victory-set-anchor-handling-record/58786/11 "2021-05-21T12:46:34Z")
She is a very capable vessel, both for presetting anchors and performing well intervention and subsea work in extreme water depth. The ability to pretension anchors at very high tension is but one of her selling points. Here is and article in Maritimt Magasin (Norwegian) about her abilities: [https://www.skipsrevyen.no/batomtaler/island-victory/](https://www.skipsrevyen.no/batomtaler/island-victory/) (Translate well in GT) Abstract: > [@](#): > > He adds that the enormous traction of the vessel is also an important part of the design, not to forget the capacity it has for chains and wires. > > - Among other things, a completely new chain tail system (“Chain Handling Unit”) has been arranged on board. This chain hauler goes by itself behind the deck, and is positioned over the selected chain box instead of fixed chain gutters which are often known from traditional anchor handling vessels. It provides a cleaner and larger tire, which in turn is an advantage if you are going to operate with subsea operations, says Borgundvåg. > This also means that you can utilize the length of the boat in a better way in terms of location and number of chain boxes, and means that “Island Victory” can take larger jobs, and often replace several vessels at once. ---
**Author:** ![powerabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@powerabout](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/powerabout)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/island-victory-set-anchor-handling-record/58786/12 "2021-05-22T02:19:52Z")
its not like the industry is expanding, I’d still be nervous to invest in that. Who is sending new assets out to sea? Lots of wells closing and FPSO’s going to scrap ---
**Author:** ![ExtraSaltySeadog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ExtraSaltySeadog](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ExtraSaltySeadog)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 10:38am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/island-victory-set-anchor-handling-record/58786/13 "2021-05-22T10:38:19Z")
There is still lots of AHTS activity in the North Sea, particularly in the Norwegian sector, but still some in the UK sector. You can see most of the jobs at the Westshore shipbroking site below. I have no idea what job the vessel is doing in USA, but probably something big. [http://westshore.no/](http://westshore.no/)