Maritime Construction orders first ice-class vessel

OE Staff
Thursday, January 15, 2015

Luxembourg-based Maritime Construction Services’ subsidiary New Orient Marine awarded Keppel Singmarine a US$200 million contract to build an ice-class multi-purpose vessel.

The ice-class vessel will be designed to operate in temperature as low as minus 30 degree Celsius and will be equipped with Ice Class Arc 5 notation and capabilities such as Class 3 dynamic positioning and diving support functions. The vessels has a completion date in the mid-2017 and will be built to the proprietary design of Keppel Offshore & Marine’s (O&M) ship design and development arm, Marine Technology Development (MTD).

"We are glad to have the opportunity to support new customer Maritime Construction Services by building their first ice-class multi-purpose vessel,” says Abu Bakar Mohd Nor, Keppel Singmarine managing director. “Moving forward, we will continue to invest in technology and work with MTD to be a leading solutions provider in this market."

Keppel Singmarine, Keppel O&M’s subsidiary, currently has three more ice-class vessels on order, bringing the number of ice-class vessels in its orderbook to a total of four. 

Categories: North America Asia Vessels

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