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Underwater mountable azimuthing thruster

Designed for extended and reliable DP operation on offshore rigs and drillships.

The range of Rolls-Royce underwater mountable thrusters are designed for easy underwater mounting and dismantling without dry-docking the application.

Underwater mountable azimuthing thruster

A robust, heavy-duty L-drive azimuth thruster specifically designed for extended and reliable DP operation on offshore rigs and drillships. The thrusters are delivered with powers from 3,200 to 6,500 kW. Compact construction affords advantages for mounting at the shipyard and during maintenance. The range is capable of underwater mounting and demounting without the need of dry-dock using a specially developed lifting technique, and has a unique sealing and locking device.

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Thruster type UUC 305 UUC 355 UUC 405 UUC 455 UUC 505
MCR (kW) 3200 3800
4000		 4600
4800		 5200
5500		 6500
Input Speed (rpm) 720 720
750		 720
750		 720
750		 600
Prop. Dia (m) 3
3.2		 3.5 3.8 4.1 4.2
4.5

All data subject to change without prior notice

  • Compact construction
  • Designed for extended and reliable DP operations
  • Mounting and demounting without the need to dry-dock
  • Steering gear for 360 degrees rotation

Services & Aftermarket Support

Thruster Support Pool

Offering a quick, efficient turnaround when thrusters need to be overhauled.

Thruster Support Pool

At Rolls-Royce we understand that our customers require a quick, efficient turnaround when thrusters need to be overhauled.

In response to our customers’ needs, we have launched the thruster support pool (TSP). Our thruster support pool provides replacement units, enabling the exchange of a complete shipset of azimuth and tunnel thrusters, or just a single thruster as part of a planned maintenance solution.

This service considerably reduces the turnaround time of the vessel in dry dock – typically from 21 days down to 4-7 days, thereby increasing vessel availability and reducing off-hire costs.

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How does it work?
  1. The removed thruster is returned to a specialist Rolls-Royce workshop where it is cleaned, sandblasted and primed.
  2. Complete disassembly and inspection of the used unit is undertaken.
  3. The unit is overhauled according to factory standard specifications using genuine Rolls-Royce parts and any design or model related upgrades are incorporated.
  4. Spin testing is carried out to detect leakage, measure vibration and temperature before performing final adjustments to ensure full functionality.
  5. The thruster enters into the support pool with new zinc anti-corrosion anodes and approved coating plus an OEM Warranty and society classification.
Customer benefits
  • Predictable maintenance costs – Fixed price service based on size/type, and condition of returned unit
  • Repair & overhaul – Using genuine Rolls-Royce parts, incorporating design and model related upgrades
  • Spin testing – All refurbished units are spin tested after overhaul
  • Classification – Full classification of all units in the support pool
  • Cost effective – No capital required for spare units, no Service Engineer waiting time charges
  • Time efficient – No repairs or waiting for parts in dry dock leading to a significantly shorter turn-around time
  • Maintenance efficiency – Full propulsion shipsets can be changed out in a single drydocking
  • Global support – Dedicated facilities will be equipped to provide local service
  • Warranty – Up to 18 months OEM warranty provided on units from the thruster support pool
Which product models are available?

Rolls-Royce has expanded its thruster support pool to include the most typical combination of thrusters installed on our customers’ vessels, enabling them to take full advantage of this service and order a complete propulsion shipset when planning dry docking activities. In addition to the products shown please check with your local service office regarding the availability of further thruster types.

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Contacts and support

If you are interested in learning more about our thruster support pool, or if you would like to discuss your requirements in more detail please contact us and we’ll be happy to help.

Gdynia, Poland
Tel: +48 58 782 06 55
Email: [email protected]
Ulsteinvik, Norway
Tel: +47 8152 0070
Email: [email protected]

UUC Thruster Services

A comprehensive and flexible suite of services for installed UUC thrusters.

UUC Thruster Services

The UUC aftermarket portfolio represents a comprehensive and flexible suite of services for the underwater exchange and repair and overhaul of installed UUC thrusters.

Designed to minimise vessel downtime, customers can select the UUC turnkey package to optimise vessel availability and maximise asset residual value. Rolls-Royce project manages all aspects of the service, utilising decades of OEM expertise, allowing customers to focus on their operations.

Created with flexibility, across a global footprint, customers can also tailor services, customising their selection to suit their operational needs.

Highly specialised and experienced engineers project manage and perform underwater intervention to exchange UUC thrusters in the shortest possible downtime.

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Customer benefits
  • Optimised off-hire time and vessel availability

    Rapid turn-around time for the underwater exchange and overhaul of UUC thrusters. Spare thrusters can be purchased to reduce down time and optimise cost.

  • Turnkey project and asset management

    Customers can focus on their operations without complex maintenance management. Applied OEM expertise ensures optimised asset residual value and maximum availability.

  • Minimised operational disruption

    OEM quality assurance is applied through comprehensive post-maintenance equipment testing. Reduced risk of breakdown with the retrofit of condition monitoring.

  • Transparent and predictable pricing

    Regionalised fixed prices for repair and overhaul and storage. Annual budget submission for additional services.

Tailored solutions

Our service portfolio can be customised to create bespoke package solutions designed to optimise vessel availability and minimise operational downtime to meet individual customer requirements.

  • Repair and overhaul

    Used units are overhauled using OEM parts, according to factory standard specifications. They are sand-blasted and re-painted. Torque-testing is carried out on all units to ensure that the correct tolerances are set. All overhauled units are returned with supporting class documentation and OEM warranty. The turn around time for the repair and overhaul will be agreed prior to commencement of work. We can offer any of the services below when you overhaul your thruster with Rolls-Royce.

  • Exchange – Underwater intervention

    A dedicated project manager will oversee the complex operation of exchanging the thrusters. This service can be tailored to include field service for removal and re-installation, along with tooling, divers, a dive support vessel and a crane barge. Rolls-Royce specialist teams can react rapidly and provide support globally.

  • Transportation (logistics)

    Once a location has been chosen, Rolls-Royce can facilitate the transportation of exchanged and spare thrusters to and from storage, repair and overhaul or exchange locations as appropriate.

  • Spare thrusters

    Spare thrusters offer unparalleled time and cost efficiencies in overhaul maintenance planning and execution. This can be done done by purchasing spare units which enable a half, or full shipset of UUC thrusters to be exchanged at any one time. New spare UUC thrusters are manufactured in accordance with agreed customer specifications.

  • Storage

    Both indoor and outdoor storage is available at Rolls-Royce’s specified overhaul locations. Both short and long term arrangements are available and include the necessary demobilisation and mobilisation along with on-going asset maintenance services to ensure maximum operational availability of spares and asset residual value.

  • Condition monitoring systems

    Offered as part of the repair and overhaul of exchanged units, the retrofit of class approved Condition Monitoring Systems (CMS) provides future asset performance monitoring and maintenance management. Rolls-Royce has developed a suite of services to meet our customers’ individual requirements. The retrofit includes machining, installation and commissioning of the CMS.

Contacts and support

If you are interested in learning more about our UUC thruster services, or if you would like to discuss your requirements in more detail please contact us and we’ll be happy to help.

USA

Galveston: +1 409 765 4800

South America
Brazil, Rio: +55 21 2707 5900

Europe

Finland, Rauma: +358 9 4730 3301
Spain, Las Palmas: +34 944 805 216
Norway, Ulsteinvik: +47 815 20 070

Propulsion remote control

Ensuring vessels and rigs are reliable, safe and competitive in the marketplace.

Propulsion remote control

We have supplied remote controls for propellers and thrusters since the 1970s. We support these products through their lifecycles with upgrades that bring benefits to our customers from the latest developments in technology.

Customers operating old remote control systems are able to update their equipment with the latest system, Helicon-X3, which can be used on different types of vessels or rigs.

The Helicon-X3 manoeuvring station is comprised of a lever and touch screen. As a minimum, manoeuvring stations are usually located on the bridge or pilot house and in the engine control room, but up to 6 manoeuvring stations and additional access screens can be supplied to suit customer requirements.

The new system is a compact design with key functions integrated into the ergonomic lever. The modern touch screen interface allows operators to access and control multiple thruster installations on a single screen.

Customer benefits
  • Helicon-X3 is simple and intuitive for crew to use, reducing risk of error and increasing safety.
  • Smoother operation from improved pitch control causes less wear and tear on the thrusters.
  • The system switches automatically between normal and back-up control to provide redundancy of pitch and azimuth control, which meets FMEA requirements for DP operations.
  • Ergonomic control levers and modern touch screens integrate easily in existing vessels, as minimal space is required.
  • Components are based on a common control platform for seamless integration with other Rolls-Royce products and fewer spares are needed on-board.
  • Complete propulsion system performance is optimised when undertaking remote control upgrades, by applying our experience in complete vessel and system design.
  • Global 24/7 support is available from our extensive service network.
Contacts and support

If you are interested in learning more about our upgrade options for propulsion remote control, or if you would like to discuss your requirements in more detail please contact us and we’ll be happy to help.

Arnt Ove Austnes
General Manager, Sales
[email protected]

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Helicon X3 fact sheet

Customer Product Training

Offering blended teaching combining e-learning, simulator training and more.

Customer Product Training

Ensuring that your crew are properly and thoroughly trained will reduce operational risk and downtime plus maximise return on asset investment.

It also enables you to meet regulatory standards, improve crew safety and retain key personnel. In our state of the art training centres qualified and experienced trainers are able to provide your crew with practical training tailored to suit your products, systems and operational requirements. Our instructors can also train your crew on-board their vessel.

From hands on experience on full sized products in our training workshops, to experiencing real life scenarios in our virtual reality simulators all of our courses are designed to focus on safe and efficient operation and maintenance of your Rolls-Royce equipment.

Regional training centres:

  • Ålesund, Norway
  • Niteroi, Brazil
  • Singapore
E-learning

This type of solution is ideal for course preparation, where the participant is exposed to theoretical training for fundamental basic knowledge, with e-assessments throughout the module to assist in measuring the participants understanding of the basics.

Classroom

This type of solution is ideal for theoretical training, especially for larger groups. It goes through detailed systems overview including drawings and functionality.

Workshop/technical room

This type of solution is ideal for practical training with focus on maintenance and troubleshooting on actual products. This type of training used together with classroom training can provide a holistic view of complete systems.

Simulators

This type of solution is ideal for operator training where simulations of real life scenarios occurring at sea expose crew to dangerous situations in a controlled environment. They can be configured for systems or stand-alone operations like subsea, bridge, crane or winch operations.

  • DP simulator

    Practice manoeuvring around an oil platform in all types of sea conditions. Learn from realistic situations using operator stations arranged as on the vessel.

  • Winch simulator

    Enhanced with a winch remote control and monitoring system, the latest winch configurations helps crew practice and learn how to handle complex winch operations.

  • Seismic simulator

    Realistic training on deploying the streamer cable and deflector. Simulating the operator’s tasks on the back deck of a seismic vessel, using the control system together with the radio remote.

Book a course

Find out more or book a course

24/7 Technical Support

Our 24/7 technical support team is there to help at any time of day or night.

24/7 Technical Support

Our 24/7 technical support team is there to help at any time of day or night wherever your vessel is located. They manage your call from the time it is received to the time the issue is resolved.

The team has direct access to the experts in our product centres, should additional support be required, and for the more complex issues a product specialist will be assigned to you. Our priority is to get the right expertise quickly matched with the issue to provide the answers you need.

Contacting any of these numbers will put you through to our global support team:

Americas: +1 312 725 5727
Asia Pacific: +65 6818 5665
Europe, Middle East & Africa: +31 20 700 6474
Email: [email protected]

Spares

We understand the importance of having the right parts, available in the right place, at the right time.

Spares

We understand the importance of having the right parts, available in the right place, at the right time. Working in close collaboration with our customers we have now developed a Spares Transformation Programme (STP) to further improve our customer response times.

This programme will streamline our operations to reduce lead-times, increase spares availability, and allow customers to track the status of their spares delivery in real-time.

To support the programme, we have opened a dedicated Marine Parts Service Centre (MPSC) to process spares quotations and orders centrally. This is underpinned by an improved logistics and IT infrastructure, which will enable us to deliver high-quality support to our customers, wherever they are in the world.

24/7 Technical support

Our 24/7 technical support team is there to help at any time of day or night wherever your vessel is located. They manage your call from the time it is received to the time the issue is resolved.

Contacting any of these numbers will put you through to our global support team:

Americas: +1 312 725 5727
Asia Pacific: +65 6818 5665
Europe, Middle East & Africa: +31 20 700 6474
Email: [email protected]
Locate your nearest office

Our local representatives will continue to respond to your support requirements 24/7. If you would like to learn more about how this enhanced service delivery will benefit you, please contact your nearest Rolls-Royce Office

Vessel General Permit (VGP)

Helping you to meet the new US Environmental Protection Agency regulations.

Vessel General Permit (VGP)

In March 2013, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final Vessel General Permit (VGP) regulating discharge from commercial vessels in order to protect the nation’s water from ship discharges and reduce invasive species in US waters.

The new VGP will be valid from the 19th December 2013 and replaces the current VGP (2008 VGP). Under the new VGP a range of equipment is affected by discharges from oil-to-sea interfaces as well as cathodic protection.

Contacts and support

If you are interested in learning more about the VGP, or if you would like to discuss your requirements in more detail please contact your local 24/7 Technical support team:

Europe, Middle East and Africa: + 31 20 700 6474
Americas: + 1 312 725 5727
Asia Pacific: + 65 6818 5665
Email: [email protected]
Recommended action

The operator can request from Rolls-Royce Marine a letter regarding their status to meet the VGP-requirements, by contacting the 24/7 Technical Support department and supplying appropriate details using the form provided.

VGP requirements form

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