Sembawang gets pipelayer

The Contract requires the complete engineering, construction, outfitting and commissioning of a 8,000 tonne new-built hull into a self propelled, DP 2 heavy lift and pipelay vessel with accommodation for 330 persons, equipped with a Huisman 3,000 tonne heavy lift crane and S-Lay Pipelay system. The execution of this Contract involves carrying out the major works for vessel basic design and fabrication of the heavy lift crane and pipelay equipment, construction of the bare steel hull and complete detail 3-D model engineering, systems outfitting and commissioning. The vessel is expected to be delivered in fourth quarter 2006 and, upon completion, the newbuilding, ?Sapura 3000?, will be deployed in offshore Malaysia.