Blue Fighter ULSTEIN PX121

Blue Fighter, an ULSTEIN PX121 designed platform supply vessel, delivered 2012 from Ulstein Verft.

[@cecilwilson5442]

Great to see that innovative ideas are being made and making things safer for the crews having to work on the most inhospitable seas and oceans to replenish oil and gas rigs more safely than ever before,, great show case for the countries engineering these mighty ships,, from Northern Ireland greatly appreciated thank you for the video awesome viewing

[@utbelegs]

2022 and ULSTEIN is still responding to comments on this presentation...Very classy move!

[@Ulstein-Group]

After the downturn in the Oil & Gas market in 2014, the PX121 PSV designs have proven their flexibility and have been converted to several other segments. The Blue Fighter (and sister vessel Blue Prosper) have recently (Jan 2022) been redesigned and converted to ERRVs (Emergency Response Rescue Vessels) at Ulstein Verft: ulstein.com/news/delivery-of-the-errv-vessel-esvagt-heidi

[@Vagabondo-fs6qu]

For a 5&1/2 minute video; having an intro that is a minute long is a little excessive. However, being an ex-seafarer I did enjoy the video when it got going :)

[@henryostman5740]

exactly what I was thinking. too much of this. and while not this one, too many utubers after driving the first nail, show us the second, third, etc. we all know how to drive nails.

[@DenisZadokhin]

Amazing!!!

[@marcocorghis8646]

Perfect!

[@brussell639]

I wonder if it would be a good crab fishing vessel in the Bering Sea. Probably quite a bit bigger than the boats seen on deadliest catch, but I'm sure the model design could be scaled down a little.

[@Ulstein-Group]

Thanks for the input! We are currently moving into the fishing industry, see more: ulstein.com/ship-design/trawlers

[@costafortia6854]

I want one..!

[@rh4308]

perfect.......

[@joeydepalmer4457]

I would like to see the super yacht designers come in and turn this into a super yacht.

[@lufa645]

Great ship:)

[@TheRVSN]

5:03 Amazing view.

[@ABCDEFGHIJKELA...]

Starts at 01:05

[@ganeshkoli7698]

which software is used to design the vessel

[@alanrogers7090]

How would this design work on warships? I can envision this design incorporated into a large ship like an aircraft carrier, tanker, or naval supply ships, buy I'm nor sure about smaller ships like destroyers. Anything that would help reduce man's fragility in storms at sea is greatly appreciated. Congratulations Ulstein.

[@Ulstein-Group]

Hi Alan, here are some of the most relevant conversion designs based on the PX121 design: ulstein.com/giving-a-second-life-to-laid-up-platform-supply-vessels

[@gerardvoughnfaust4167]

If the bow dives into a big wave, the water will go rushing to the bridge. Unlike the common bow, it pushes away the water, away from bridge and climbs up the waves.

[@olegk455]

Yet it works so well and was specifically designed to work on vessels that work in the the harshest environment, which is the North Sea. Just watch this video about the new "ALP Sweeper" ocean tug and its clearly working just ducky. kzbin.info/www/bejne/in7LaIxsjaqJqbM

[@jennycondochannel600]

Good idear

[@bigwheelsturning]

Pretty classy into. That took some time and $$$$$

[@kiteboy6315]

now take it to the Bearing Seas .

[@8atlantic8]

Don't think the bearing sea has anything that these ships haven't tackled in the North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Artic Ocean or even down in the Southern Ocean

[@stevensmith4752]

Do they ever build this style of vessel with the wheel house down the back? That is the most stable part of the vessel.

[@Ulstein-Group]

The Blue Fighter PX121 platform supply vessel was developed to service the North Sea oil installations, transporting liquids, goods and equipment in storage tanks under deck or on the work deck. The majority of power is in the aft part of the vessel, so a PSV will typically operate with its back to the rig. With the wheelhouse in the front, the vessel avoids any danger of hitting the rig. The Blue Fighter is one of two PX121 vessels which are now undergoing conversion from a PSV to a battery hybrid ERRV vessel, see our homepage ulstein.com

[@markscott554]

Why don't the military produce something like this that can be a stable platform even in chippy conditions for several helicopters or, say, one (ideally new Harrier but) F35? I've seen these ships with a helipad on top of the wheelhouse, so a small chopper (like a Wasp) could be kept up there keeping the aft deck clear for other ordnance, protective firepower, etc? Or is that a stupid question?

[@Ulstein-Group]

The X-BOW was first taken in use on offshore vessels, but has later been adopted into other markets. Many of the X-BOW vessels are used in harsh weather and sea conditions, and several have heli decks. We have received feedback that in rough conditions, a helicopter was able to land on the X-BOW vessel and not on the conventional bow vessel operating next to it. More about the X-BOW vessel feedbacks here: ulstein.com/blog/2020/statements-from-x-bow-users

[@markscott554]

@@Ulstein-Group Thank you.

[@pauljrcarty9314]

I guess this is the right place for this question. Has anyone tried sails on an xbow vessel?

[@Ulstein-Group]

It has not yet been tried. Several green design options for X-BOW vessels have been developed, including an LNG PAX vessel with four high efficiency wingsails, along with in-wing solar panels and LNG tank area ventilation pipes. An overview of all built/contracted X-BOW vessels can be found in this wikipedia article (in Norwegian): no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_over_skip_med_X-Bow

[@robslade2571]

Ulstein. Are you going to put out a yacht support variant of this?

[@Ulstein-Group]

@@robslade2571 yes, the ULSTEIN PX121 (and px105) can be converted to yacht support (and yacht) vessels. Some of our thoughts on yacht and yacht support can be found on our website: Ulstein.com

[@koachs77]

It looked a little low in the water , on the bow , in one of the pictures , maybe , because it wasn’t loaded

[@ralphaverill2001]

Sticker price on one of these vessels?

[@csmaster65]

250-350 million NOK

[@rvrman21]

wow this is the ship i want to be in a storm!

[@theklrdudeoo9173]

+Louis Austin if you want to be in a storm ,...you have never been in a storm ! :)

[@Yorkshiremadmick]

I would like to see it handling 10m waves 🌊 Can see the bow design. But curious how it would perform 👍🏻

[@henryostman5740]

I spent my share of time on the north atlantic, would have been easier in this, not the rolly polly boat I was in.

[@drewrowl]

this Vikings seem like they are getting ready to raid England again!

[@donkeyschat5052]

Get on with it!

[@LCC389]

1:14 actual start

[@MlTGLIED]

Annoying intro, too long and horrible music. But nice ship-engineering!

[@Ulstein-Group]

Thanks for commenting. The film is long, because it was originally made for a specific audience, but we wanted to share it with all of you, too.

[@sozanik]

коробка сделана в Крыму)

[@aungmoe2318]

Hi

[@machone35]

Fabulous machine, but shorten the intro. Way too long for this total length of video.

[@Ulstein-Group]

Thanks, the intro is far too long, we know. The video was never made for social media, but for a happening where people needed time to settle down.

[@machone35]

@@Ulstein-Group I wish I could see your ships in person; so fabulous! Doubt you will ever build one for The Great Lakes where I live ;

[@mr.l6615]

A full minute of this video could have been eliminated at the start.

[@Ulstein-Group]

True, the introduction is very long, as several of you have pointed out. This video was however not produced for social media originally, it was made on occasion of the naming ceremony of this vessel, where a long introduction was preferred. The platform supply vessels of the PX121 design, all featuring the X-BOW hull shape, now count 30 world-wide, of which Blue Fighter (now: NAO Fighter) was the very first!

[@foxylady1048]

Nothing about this ship is clean if your still using bunker fuel in your engine. This stuff is so dirty it makes any ship running from it obsolete and not worth putting to sea. Shit fuel, shit ship.

[@63snampook]

...so, out of a five and a half minute video, you were able to bore me with a lousy intro of more than one minute....wow.

[@user-lt7mu9xf8g]

Amazing!!!