Despite the challenging times, Heerema Offshore Services is sticking its head above the parapet and has agreed a $1bn engineering and construction contract with Sembcorp Marine to build a new DP3 semisubmersible crane vessel (NSCV).

Scheduled for delivery in Q4 2018, the NSCV is designed for the installation and decommissioning of major offshore facilities worldwide.

It will be equipped with two Huisman heavy-lifting offshore cranes of 10,000t lifting capacity each and a large reinforced work deck area.

With the vessel length of 220m, width of 102m and displacement of 273,700t, Sembcorp Marine said the NSCV will be the largest dual-fuel semisubmersible crane vessel in the world.

The NSCV will be built at the Sembcorp Marine Tuas Boulevard yard in Singapore.

Phase 1 of Tuas Boulevard yard spans 73.3 hectares and is equipped with four VLCC drydocks with a total dock capacity of 1.55mn deadweight tonnes. Phase II spans 34.5 hectares and will include a steel fabrication facility and another three dry docks, including an offshore dock measuring 255x110m where the NSCV will be built.

Jan Pieter Klaver, ceo of Heerema Marine Contractors, said, ‘The new vessel's two tub mounted cranes and dual fuel engines will enable Heerema Marine Contractors to offer unparalleled installation and decommissioning services.’

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