Farstad Shipping ASA - Contract for newbuildings
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Farstad Shipping ASA has, through its wholly owned subsidiary Farstad Supply AS,
reached an agreement with STX OSV AS to build 2 platform supply vessels (PSV) of
the type PSV 07. Contract value is approx. NOK 700 million.
The vessels are designed by STX OSV with a total length of 94.5 meters, breadth
of 21.0 meters and maximum deadweight is 5,600 tons. The vessels will be built
according to DNV's strictest environmental class - 'Clean Design' - and are
arranged for efficient and safe operations.
The steel hull of one of the vessels will be built in Romania and outfitting
yard will be STX OSV Langsten in Tomrefjord. The other vessel will be built at
the STX OSV yard in Vung Tau, Vietnam. Delivery of the vessels will take place
during 2(nd) and 3(rd) quarter 2014 respectively.
These two newbuildings will service the recently awarded 6 year charter
contracts by Statoil.
With this latest order Farstad will have 8 platform supply vessels and 4 anchor
handling tug supply vessels (AHTS) on order with a total build cost of NOK
5,1billion.
Contacts:
CEO Karl-Johan Bakken - tel. +47 901 05 697
CFO Torstein Stavseng - tel. +47 911 07 001
With this, Farstad Shipping's fleet currently consists of 53 vessels (29 AHTS,
21 PSV and 3 SUBSEA) and 8 PSV and 4 AHTS under construction. The company's
operations are run from Aalesund, Aberdeen, Melbourne, Perth, Singapore, Macaé
and Rio de Janeiro by a total of 2000 employees onshore and offshore. The
company's strategy is to be a major international supplier of large, modern
offshore service vessels to the oil industry. We also remain committed to a
solid long-term charter profile for the fleet.
www.farstad.com
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5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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Source: Farstad Shipping ASA via Thomson Reuters ONE
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Datum: 19.06.2012 - 11:01 Uhr
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