AKER WAYFARER
Vessel name
AKER WAYFARER
Installation date
16-06-2023
Vessel type
Well Stimulation Vessel
Application
Box-coolers
Trading Area
Santos Basin and Campos Basin
AKER WAYFARER (IMO 9435478) is a well stimulation vessel built in 2010 and registered under the flag of Brazil. The vessel has an overall length of 156.90 m, a beam of 31.20 m, a gross tonnage of 16,697, and a deadweight of approximately 10,900 tonnes. The vessel is equipped with 35 box coolers forming part of its seawater cooling systems and associated marine equipment.
The vessel is fitted with a Shipsonic ultrasonic antifouling system that protects all 35 of its box coolers. The system uses 140 ultrasonic transducers (70 × 80 W and 70 × 100 W) on 140 control channels: 64 on the fore port side, 52 on the fore starboard side and 24 in the aft area. The control equipment consists of 1 × HDS20-240, 10 × HDS60-240 and 4 × HDS80-240 units.
The system is in service with all equipment operating as intended, protecting the box coolers from marine biofouling and supporting reliable seawater cooling.
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