NEWS
Order New contract
for tugs Aker Yards has signed an agreement with DOF ASA for the building of three anchor handling tug supply vessels (AHTS). All the vessels will be of Aker Yards’ own design and equipped for operations in the Brazilian market. T e three ships are scheduled for delivery at the end
of 2010, mid-2011, and towards the end of 2011 respec- tively. Aker Yards Project in Ålesund has developed this new design, and the vessels will be built at Aker Yards in Brazil.
capacity of its Singapore facility and offi cially opening its new yard in Mexico. T e company has doubled the size and capacity of
its shipyard at Tuas, Singapore, by leasing a 3000m2 open area adjacent to its existing facility and erecting a 1200m2
covered area. T e increased capacity will allow Strategic Marine
to make an early start on the six 40m crew boats it has announced it will build on spec. Two of these vessels have already been ordered by Australian marine service company Samson Maritime in a contract worth US$9.8 million. T e aluminium utility vessels, which have seating for 50 rig crew and 10 crew members, are scheduled for delivery in May and July next year. Work is already under way to lay a 75m x 22m concrete
slab on the new site, which will then have a marquee-type shed erected as a temporary measure, with a permanent shed on the newly leased site to be constructed next year. T e expanded yard is expected to employ an additional 80 welders, fabricators, and shipyard workers on top of its existing 120-strong workforce. Meanwhile, Strategic Marine’s shipyard at Mazatlán
Two AH 12 vessels (pictured) and one AH 05 will be built by Aker Yards Brazil.
T e 95m Aker AH 12 is designed with an aim to focus
on the future needs for safe operations and the stability requirements. T e vessels will be outfi tted with the latest equipment within safe AHTS operations, such as the largest AHTS winches, cargo rail cranes with manipula- tors, and new systems for handling rig anchors at stern. In order to obtain a fl exible and optimized utilisa-
tion of the machinery, the vessels will be provided with a hybrid propulsion system, combining well-proven conventional diesel engines, direct driven reduction gearboxes, and CP propellers with a diesel electric system. Each of the vessels will have accommodation for 60 persons. T e third vessel is of Aker AH 05 design, and is 74m
in length with a beam of 17m. Like the AH 12 design, the AH 05 will have a bollard pull of 300tonnes and can reach speeds of approximately 17knots. Accommoda- tion will be provided for 38 persons.
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expansion Australia’s Strategic Marine has confi rmed its emergence as a major international shipbuilder by expanding the
in Mexico has offi cially been opened with a keel-laying ceremony for the fi rst vessel to be built at the facility. T e Western Australian shipbuilder entered a joint venture with Mazatlán-based Servicios Navales e Industriales (SENI) late last year aſt er winning a US$11.89 million order to build two 52m aluminium crew boats for Arrendadora Ocean Mexicana (Blue Marine Technol- ogy). T e vessels will be used to service its Pemex supply contract in the Gulf of Mexico. Work on pre-fabricated modules for the fi rst two crew
boats is well underway and now that the keel has been stood in the company’s newly constructed shed, the modules can be hoisted into place. T e two boats are scheduled for delivery in the middle
of next year, by which time work will already have started on two more 52m crew boats which the company is building on spec to meet burgeoning demand from the off shore oil industry.
An aluminium crewboat nearing completion at Strategic Marine’s Singapore yard.
Ship & Boat International September/October 2008
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