Aker builds Farstad quartet

Aker Yards has entered into a contract with Farstad Shipping ASA to build four AHTS vessels with a value of approx $321 million. The multifunctional deep water anchor handling tug supply service vessels, based on a new design from Rolls-Royce, the UT 731 CD, and are 87.4 metres long and 21 metres wide.

The steel hulls will be built in Romania and the outfitting yard will be Aker Yards Langsten. Deliveries are scheduled for April 2009, September 2009, January 2010 and March 2010.

The vessels will also be equipped to perform ROV services through a dedicated ROV hangar, will have a bollard pull of 240 tonnes and an installed power plant of 18,370kW. They will be outfitted with all equipment necessary to support the most challenging operations and environments world wide.

Including this contract Aker Yards have delivered and under construction a total of 25 vessels for Farstad Shipping ASA. With this latest order Farstad will have 14 vessels under construction at a contract value of NOK 5.4 billion.