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f the four vessels ordered from Arctech,
the first one is an ice-breaking supply
ship. The three others are ice-breaking standby vessels.
The first of the four ships will be delivered
to the customer in June 2016. The last one will
be ready for delivery in March 2017.
The overall value of the order is approx-
imately 500 million dollars, or an average of
100 euros per ship. The ships are to be built
at Arctech Helsinki Shipyard’s Hietalahti dock.
According to CEO Esko Mustamäki, the
contracts were won after a lengthy bidding
competition. Confirmation of the deal has
large-scale positive significance.
”Along with this deal, our volume of
orders in hand will rise to six vessels, yielding full-time employment from the spring of
2015 until the autumn of 2016,” Mr. Mustamäki states. In his view, the new project is
an important job-provider.
”To build four ships is a remarkably big
job for us.”
The ships will be built for use by Sakhalin
Energy Investment Company and they will
eventually be utilised in the Sakhalin region,
in the oil and gas fields of North East Sakhalin
Offshore area. The stand-by vessels have been
designed for standby, rescue, and oil destruction operations. They can also be utilised as
supply vessels in transport duties, e.g. for the
transportation of fuels with low ignition points.
HEAVY-DUTY SPECIFICATIONS
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has already built
two ships for Sovcomflot in the years 2012
and 2013. Cooperation with the companies will
continue along with the new contract.
The first of the four ships to be built next
is a modified and enhanced version of those
two formerly built vessels. The ships will be constructed to comply with passe