Keppel wins scrubber and LNG contracts

The contracts have been awarded to the subsidiaries, Keppel Singmarine and Keppel Shipyard.

Chris Ong, chief executive of Keppel O&M, said that the contracts are testament to the company’s expertise in the building, upgrading and conversion of a wide range of vessels.

“Keppel O&M also stands ready with a suite of advanced and cost-effective solutions such as scrubber retrofits and LNG-fuelled vessels, as the International Maritime Organisation implements the 0.5 per cent global sulphur cap on marine fuel from January 2020,” he added.

The ice-class LNG bunker vessel, due to be completed in late 2020 and built to the MTD 5800V LNG design, will be chartered to Gazpromneft for operations in the Baltic Sea. The vessel will have an Ice Class Arc 4 notation and a cargo capacity of 5800m3.

The second contract is for the design of an aft hull for an FPSO as well as procurement of equipment, fabrication, outfitting, integration and commissioning work on board the existing vessel. The installation includes a new accommodation block with room for up to 140 people and delivery is expected by the end of 2020.

Separately, Keppel Shipyard has also secured a total of 65 contracts for exhaust gas scrubber retrofit projects involving project management, integration design engineering, installation and retrofitting, as well as testing and commissioning works.