Aker inks Finarge AHTS

Aker Yards has signed a contract in excess of $30 million to build an Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (AHTS) for Finarge de Navega??o do Brasil, a company of the Rimorchiatori Riuniti Group in Italy. The 2,500 dwt vessel is an Aker AH 05 design and will be built at the Aker Promar yard in Niteroi, Brazil, for delivery in November 2007. It will have a bollard pull of 145 tonnes.