Greatship orders another PSV pair

Keppel Singmarine Pte, a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, has secured a repeat contract from Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte to build two platform supply vessels. Deliveries for these two PSVs will be between end 2009 and the first quarter of 2010. The vessels are similar to the two PSVs ordered by Greatship, a Singapore registered company headquartered in India earlier this year.

Measuring 94 metres in length, each vessel is to be equipped with a 8,160 kW diesel electric power plant driving a DP 2 system provided by two 2,600 kW azimuthing thrusters and two 1,050 kW tunnel thrusters. Each vessel will have accommodation for 64 persons, a design speed of 14.5 knots and cargo capacity of 4600 dwt.

Meanwhile, Keppel AmFELS Inc in USA, another wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel O&M, received a contract from Diamond Offshore Services Company to modify and extend the life of the semi submersible, ???Ocean Yorktown???. Work is scheduled for completion in March 2008.

The total value of these contracts is S$150 million ($103 million).