Maersk Supply Service orders six new large AHTS vessels

Oct. 16, 2014
Maersk Supply Service has signed a newbuild contract with Kleven Maritime A/S for six anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels with options for four additional vessels.

Offshore staff

COPENHAGEN, DenmarkMaersk Supply Service has signed a newbuild contract with Kleven Maritime A/S for six anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels with options for four additional vessels.

InNorway, the vessels will be built at Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, and Myklebust Verft in Gursken. The 95-m-long (312-ft-long) vessels are designed for deepwater operations, and potential customers are international oil companies and construction companies worldwide.

Delivery of the first vessels is expected in 4Q 2016.

10/16/2014