The Italian Navy's future Olterra-class diving support and submarine rescue ship arrives at T Mariotti's facility in Genoa, Italy, in September 2024. (Genova Industrie Navali)
Italian shipyard T Mariotti has commenced the fitting-out process for the Italian Navy's future diving support and submarine rescue ship Olterra .
The work is being undertaken at the shipyard's outfitting facility in Genoa, Italy, following the arrival of the hull from Venice where construction was undertaken at Italian steel engineering firm Cimolai's yard in San Giorgio di Nogaro. Cimolai and T Mariotti have worked together on projects since 2007, according to a post by Cimolai on social media site Facebook on 23 September.
T Mariotti was awarded the contract for the vessel (bearing construction number MAR 201, the first naval vessel to be built by the shipyard) in 2021, with the Olterra's keel being laid in April 2023.
The hull, completed to the flight deck level, was transferred to T Mariotti's parent company Genova Industrie Navali (GIN) Maritime Operations' semi-submersible barge Arcalupa at the start of September. However, adverse weather resulted in the need to move the barge to a sheltered dock at Fusina, Venice, according to a GIN newsletter on 21 September.
The barge was subsequently moved to the Malamocco inlet near Venice where the float-off process was completed on 21 September. The hull was then towed around the length of the Italian Peninsula to Genoa by the tug Sea Dream , arriving on 30 September.
Following the mooring process, the final fitting out of the ship is to commence at T Mariotti's Genoa facility, GIN announced on 30 September. The pre-constructed superstructure will be fitted at Genoa, the company said.
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