Offshore staff
SINGAPORE -- Sembawang Shipyard Pte. Ltd. has won a $221-million contract to build a 5,000-metric-ton (5,511.5-ton) DP-3 heavy-lift crane vessel for Nordic Heavy Lift ASA subsidiary Avonway Ltd., based in Cyprus.
Sembawang will design, construct, outfit, and commission the vessel based on the design from Sea of Solutions BV. The contract requires engineering, construction, outfitting, and commissioning a new 13,500-metric-ton (14,881.2-ton) hull to be built in China.
The DP-3 heavy-lift crane vessel will be equipped with a 5,000-metric ton (5,511.5 ton) heavy-lift Huisman mast crane and will have accommodations for 220-400, Sembawang says.
The contract comes with an option for a second vessel.
Delivery is scheduled for March 2010.
5/30/2007
