NorSkan orders AHTS

Aker Yards has been awarded a contract worth approximately $47.5 million by

NorSkan Offshore Ltda., Brazil, to build an anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel for delivery in April 2007. The shipyard involved in the construction is Promar and the newbuilding will be of the UT 722L design with a length of 80 metes and a width of 18 metres.

NorSkan Offshore is an offshore supply vessel company owned by Solstad Offshore ASA and DOF ASA in Norway on a 50/50 basis, and is focusing on the expanding Brazilian offshore vessel market.