vervigdsvVESSEL PROFILE · IMO 9757369
Published capabilities, ownership records and history. Evidence stays attached to every fact.
Source dates describe the evidence, not current certification or operational availability. Operating roles may be historical. Reference-only screenshot figures and ratings are not used in this summary.
Vessel operation and crewing under the announced three-year framework, with a two-year extension option. BP is the project client.
Undated published specification.
Undated published specification.
Builder identifies Khankendi as an enhanced DP3 subsea construction vessel; no weather-operating limits implied.
OEM design description; official indexed brochure reviewed, direct URL returned 404. Not current certification.
OEM design description; official indexed brochure reviewed, direct URL returned 404. Not current certification.
OEM design description; official indexed brochure reviewed, direct URL returned 404. Not current certification.
Shipyard design particulars; draft loading condition not stated.
Not sourced in this summary: Hyperbaric lifeboats (SPHL), Bell occupancy, Deck area.
Builder particulars add dimensions and explicit DP3; previously published diving, owner and operator evidence is retained separately.
Published design and equipment particulars are evidence of the source configuration, not a current certificate or availability guarantee.
Baku Shipyard lists saturation diving support for 18 people, 900 t and 50 t cranes, and a 2017 delivery. These are published design particulars, not confirmation of current certification or equipment availability.
The builder page has no publication date. This does not verify current class, survey status or readiness.
The identity listing does not verify diving, lifting or ROV systems. Refer to the separately cited published equipment facts; those do not establish current certification or installed condition.
Checked 17 Oct 2026
Registered owner, group owner, operator, manager and P&I entered owner are different roles. Each record retains the role and date stated by its source.
The dated coordinate report is from 2022. An undated MarineRadar coordinate result was not substituted, and the old report must not be described as a current location.
Khankendi — IMO 9757369; MMSI 423009100.
Public provider identity listing. Review date is not an AIS observation date, ownership confirmation or current certification.
DNV lists BP Exploration (Shah Deniz) Ltd. as owner and Saipem Contracting Netherlands B.V. Azerbaijan Branch as both manager and ISM/DOC holder.
This adds named register entities to earlier consortium-level ownership descriptions; it does not establish beneficial shares, a present charter or project assignment.
BP records Khankendi’s inauguration in Baku on 6 September 2017 and describes the new vessel as costing $378m. It was built for Shah Deniz 2 subsea installation.
Historical reported construction cost, not a valuation. BP’s indexed official page was reviewed; direct retrieval returned HTTP 403. Publication and event dates are separate.
The reviewed identity listing does not establish current registered ownership, beneficial ownership, charterer or operator. See any separately cited role-specific evidence.
Checked 17 Oct 2026
These are historical records within each source’s coverage. Missing records are not a clean bill of health, and class descriptions do not prove current certification.
Listed in DNV class with DSV(SAT, Surface) and DYNPOS(AUTRO) notations. The full classification certificate was issued 24 September 2026 and expires 13 September 2027.
Public register extract, not an independently verified certificate or guarantee of operational readiness.
A complete inspection history has not been verified. No inference of a clean inspection record or current certification should be made from missing records.
Checked 17 Oct 2026
Vessel-specific events and contextual project records retain their dates and limitations. A regional contract award alone does not establish vessel employment.
Three Shah Deniz Compression contracts total about $700m ($600m Saipem share), covering a 19,000-tonne platform, approximately 26 km of pipelines and subsea works.
Aggregate project award; no per-vessel allocation is disclosed.
Khankendi and pipelay barge Israfil Huseynov were named for Saipem-operated offshore work, planned from Q3 2026 through 2029. Khankendi’s owner was identified as the Shah Deniz consortium.
Announcement-date plan and ownership description, not a current position, confirmed start or registered-owner verification.
The three-year framework, extendable by two years, estimated $300m of on-request consortium services ($250m Saipem share). It includes Khankendi operation and crewing, subsea construction and life-of-field services for Shah Deniz and Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli.
Award-date scope, not evidence of a current voyage or guaranteed utilisation. The consortium estimate is not a vessel purchase price or day rate.
A complete vessel-specific project history has not been verified. Any dated events below are limited to their cited evidence.
Checked 17 Oct 2026