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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2008 – 044<br />
Above seen Alaska Marine Highway Ferry System m/v Kennicott, laid up in Ketchikan for the winter.<br />
Photo : Robert Kuikhoven ©<br />
Swire Orders New Offshore Vessels<br />
Swire Pacific Offshore Holdings (SPO) has signed an agreement with Qingdao Qianjin Shipyard, Qingdao, to build eight<br />
new "P" Class Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessels (AHTS) for delivery in 2010 and 2011. The agreement was signed<br />
on 24th January by SPO's Managing Director.<br />
The new 4,800 hp, IMT957-design vessels will be 57 metres long, with a bollard pull of 60 metric tons; the first pair of<br />
AHTS is scheduled for delivery in August 2010, with the remaining pairs of vessels delivering at four-monthly intervals<br />
thereafter. The contract, which is worth in the region of US$100 million, <strong>com</strong>pletes the major part of an ongoing fleet<br />
replacement program, and when the last of these eight new vessels is delivered in 2011, the wholly owned Swire<br />
Pacific subsidiary will have replaced 24 of its older vessels, and increased its fleet size to 86 vessels, with an average<br />
age of 11. Source : MarineLink<br />
Distribution : daily 3800+ copies worldwide Page 20 2/14/2008
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