Kongsberg Maritim ship design is 50 years old

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It is now 50 years since the first UT designed offshore supply vessel was built (1974)
Kongsberg Maritime now own the UT- and NVC-design portfolios, with more than 1000 vessels on their reference list.

For offshore vessels it all begun with the UT-704 design:

UT 704 – an offshore pioneer
The first UT-Design ship for the emerging North Sea offshore market was the UT 704 Stad Scotsman. This pioneering ship is still in service today, having gone through many changes of ownership and names – it became the Red Condor, then Seabulk Condor, and today the Reliance Star 1.

The UT-755 design is probably the most successful:

The UT 705 supply vessel design had helped to establish the UT-Design reputation, but the need for a smaller PSV workhorse was identified and the UT 755 was born. First developed in the 1990s, the UT 755 became the most popular design, with 179 delivered. A true workhorse of the offshore industry, it was initially introduced in short (67-metre) form. Later, longer (UT 755 L) versions followed, and its Kongsberg Maritime propulsion system, including CPPs, tunnel thrusters at each end and a swing-up azimuth thruster under the bow, gave the UT 755 economic operation and excellent manoeuvrability and position-keeping.

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