Kongsberg Maritime, the Norway-based technology, equipment and services company that has offices in Washington state and British Columbia, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its ship design business this year. Kongsberg’s original design teams produced their first-ever models in 1974, and since then, the company has risen as a name in the vessel design industry. At the dawn of the offshore oil and gas industry in the 1970s, some of the very first vessels made specifically for the harsh operating conditions of the North Sea were designed by Kongsberg. The company’s UT design range became a benchmark for the industry…