Another Jaya vessel for Atlantic Towing

The 16,000 bhp vessel was christened this week as the Atlantic Merlin; it was previously known as Jaya Sovereign.

“The addition of this new vessel continues to add to our fleet’s capability and allows us to offer our customer’s vessels that meet both current and expanding needs, as offshore oil and gas projects grow,” said Wayne Power, vice president, Atlantic Towing.

This vessel is the first of four new builds for Jaya in 2014; the other three ships will be operated in Jaya’s growing fleet.

“Shortly, we will take delivery of another large anchor handler from our Singapore yard, the 150 tonne Jaya Majestic, a 12,000 bhp vessel, which is currently fitting out alongside in Tuas,” added Venkatraman Sheshashayee, CEO, Jaya Holdings. “We expect her to go out on sea trials in May. Jaya Majestic is another high specification DP2 vessel with two bow thrusters and two stern thrusters.”

The company also has two platform supply vessels (PSVs) scheduled for delivery in the middle of the year from a third party yard, which are already contracted to go on charter to a new client in the Americas.

Atlantic Merlin is the sister vessel of Atlantic Kestrel, which was delivered to Atlantic Towing in November 2012.