Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract to supply a fully integrated suite of technology and equipment for a new multi-purpose deepwater installation and construction vessel to be owned and operated jointly by Solstad Offshore and SBM Offshore, sources indicated on 25 August 2026.
The agreement covers Kongsberg Maritime delivering systems that will be integrated across the vessel, the report said. The vessel will be constructed in China and is described as representing a new generation of offshore construction assets.
Contract scope and systems
The published account specifies that Kongsberg Maritime will furnish a complete, integrated package of technology and equipment for the ship. The source uses the phrase "fully integrated suite" to indicate that the supplier will provide systems covering multiple operational domains, though it does not list specific items.
Integration of systems is a recurring theme in contemporary offshore projects, the report notes, with such packages intended to work across navigation, propulsion, control and project systems. The supplier’s role, as described, is to ensure the vessel’s various technologies are delivered as a cohesive whole.
Ownership and build location
Solstad Offshore and SBM Offshore are named as the vessel’s owners and operators. The vessel will be built in China, according to the same item.
The report frames the project as a collaboration between the two companies and the equipment supplier, without specifying the yard or the contract’s delivery timetable.
A new generation of assets
reports characterised the unit as part of a new generation of offshore construction vessels. The report does not elaborate on the technical or performance characteristics that distinguish this generation, simply reporting that the vessel represents that category.
No additional operational, class or certification details were provided in the published note, nor were the vessel’s name, yard contract number or the precise package contents itemised in the account.
The announcement, as presented by the source, highlights three factual points: the contract award to Kongsberg Maritime, the joint ownership and operation by Solstad Offshore and SBM Offshore, and the vessel’s construction in China. Those items form the core of the published report.
Further particulars of the vessel, the technical scope of the integrated package and the schedule for delivery were not included in the source material supplied for this item. The report therefore leaves open questions about timing, technical specifications and the yard responsible for construction.
The published brief does, however, mark the contractual relationship between a major maritime equipment supplier and two offshore operators, and it locates the build in China, a point of practical significance for delivery logistics and construction oversight. The reports item provides the contracting news while stopping short of detailed specification or programme data.
For readers tracking the equipment suppliers and fleet developments in the offshore construction sector, the notice confirms a new commercial engagement between Kongsberg Maritime and the joint Solstad Offshore–SBM Offshore project, and identifies the build location as China. The supply contract, as reported, contributes to an ongoing pattern of integrated technology procurement for modern offshore vessels.