Offshore staff

SINGAPORE -- ASL Marine Holdings Ltd. has secured a $76.6-million contract to build six anchor handling towing supply vessels (AHTSs).

ASL expects to complete four of the five units in 2009 with the final AHTS delivery scheduled for early 2010.

ASL has won an aggregate $185 million in shipbuilding contracts since the beginning of this year. These contracts included one heavy lift pipelay vessel and six rotor tugs, which were announced March 27, 2007.

ASL's order book as of Dec. 31, 2006, was $252.3 million. ASL owns and operates shipyards in Singapore, Batam (Indonesia), and Guangdong (China).

4/17/2007