Keppel Singmarine clinches two contracts worth $65m

For an AHT vessel and a liftboat.

Keppel Singmarine, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, has secured two contracts worth a total of about $65 million.

The first contract was awarded by repeat customer Seaways International to build a multi-task Anchor Handling Tug (AHT) vessel suitable for an array of offshore activities.

The vessel have a designed bollard pull of 100 tonnes, and be equipped with Class 1 and 2 fire-fighting capabilities, dynamic positioning systems Class 2, oil recovery Class I capabilities and a host of other equipment. It will be completed in 2Q 2016.

Separately, Keppel Singmarine was awarded a contract by Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine, a joint venture shipyard in Qatar between Qatar's premier gas shipper Nakilat and Keppel O&M, to provide technical services for the construction of a liftboat.

The technical services include detail and production engineering, technical and commissioning support and procurement support.

This is the first time that Keppel Singmarine will be providing technology solutions for a liftboat.