Vikoma and Mobimar Supply Oil Spill Response Equipment for New Finnish Coastguard Vessel
Vikoma International has assisted in the oil spill response equipment supply for the new Finnish Coastguard Vessel, Turva, along with Mobimar.
The vessel, which is owned by the Finnish Border Guard, will provide an efficient solution to oil recovery operations, due to its dynamic and versatile design and various on board oil recovery equipment.
Equipped with 800m of Vikoma oil containment boom, four Vikoma boom reel, the Mobimar in hull integrated recovery system, FinnSweep, along with other oil recovery systems, provides a recovery capacity of over 1,000m3.
Sales Director, Paul Rayner stated “This was an exciting project for Vikoma to be involved in, especially working very closely with our Finnish partners Mobimar against stiff international competition. The climate in Finland offers significant challenges in the winter months and Vikoma’s oil spill equipment was selected by the Finnish Border Guard for their latest hi- tech vessel, as it is well proven around the world and able to work effectively in difficult environments.”
Vikoma International is a world leader in the design, manufacture and installation of oil spill containment and recovery equipment. The business has a global reputation for the development of innovative, high performance products to deal with the full range of oil spill scenarios.