BOAT OF THE MONTHM/V HOS ACHIEVER M/V HOS ACHIEVER Accommodations, Features and Comfort combine with Safety. Accommodations, Features and Comfort combine with Safety. All are key for Offshore Housing missions.All are key for Offshore Housing missions.By Eric HaunBy Eric HaunDeepwater operations are increasingly demanding more – or roll dampening – is a perfect example of where those personnel offshore, often for longer periods of time, plac- metrics are achieved in a single application.ing a greater emphasis on crew accommodation. Now, ac- Originally conceived as a dive support and construc-commodation and special features join safety as the key tion vessel, the HOS Achiever has lived up to its designa-components for a new range of comfortable, large-scale off- tion as a multipurpose support vessel. Since its launch in shore housing vessels. Emerging in this range is Hornbeck 2008, it has supported a diverse range of offshore activities Offshore Services’ HOS Achiever. On its own, the vessel such as platform inspection, repair and maintenance activ-presents as a relatively normal offshore multipurpose vessel. ity, well intervention projects including decommissioning What’s unique about it, though, is what she accomplishes. and riserless intervention – periodically serving as a