Engineering & Marine Services awarded vessel conversion

Offshore staff

SINGAPORE -- Koastal Industries has awarded Engineering & Marine Services a contract to design, manufacture, and commission a pipelay system for Vietsovpetro.

The contract covers the conversion of the existing crane vesselTruong Sa, to a dynamically positioned pipelay vessel. As part of the conversion, EMS will supply a pipelay system base on a modular design complete with longitudinal and transverse conveyors, line up table, support rollers, with tensioning capacity of 200 metric ton (220 ton) as well as an abandon and recovery winch. Five, 40-metric ton (44-ton) crane davits also are included.

The contract is worth approximately $12 million, with a delivery schedule of 12 months.

12/13/2010