Russian yard building Norwegian hull

Severnaya Shipyard in Russia has signed a contract for the construction of the hull of a sister ship to the 3,600 DWT ?Siddis Skipper?, an offshore supply vessel based on the Vik-Sandvik design VS 470 PSV. The contract with the Stavanger-based offshore service company O.H. Meling & Co. AS includes an option for a similar hull. Delivery of the first hull, which will weigh 1,330 tonnes, is scheduled for June 2008 and will be outfitted at a Norwegian yard, possibly Kleven Verft which completed the ?Siddis Skipper? back in 2004.

Severnaya shipyard is better known as a builder and repairer of warships and is owned jointly by Joint Industrial Corp. (72.23%) and RFFI (20.96%).