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6 Business Bonus awarded for timely delivery of first project of 2008 A toast for a project well done – the vessel, Sea Apache, was completed on time and on budget by Keppel Singmarine Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel Singmarine, has delivered the first project for the year 2008 on time and with an excellent safety record on 21 January. Keppel Singmarine received a bonus of US$10,000 for the timely delivery of Sea Apache, a 139-tonne bollard pull Anchor Handling Tug/ Supply (AHTS) vessel, to Gulfmark Offshore Inc. with zero loss time incident. Its completion adds on to Keppel O&M’s sterling track record of on time, on budget deliveries. Mr Choo Chiau Beng, Chairman/CEO of Keppel O&M, said, “We are pleased to announce that all our major projects for 2007 were delivered on time to our customers despite the tight labour market and equipment supply crunch. “Credit goes to the forward planning and hard work of our people at all levels and our sub-contractors. Thanks to our customers and our vendors for their support. Looking ahead, we remain committed to our promise of on-time, onbudget completion of high quality projects for our customers.” Sea Cheyenne, sister vessel of Sea Apache, was delivered in 2007 Keppelite I January 2008
Business 7 Meeting the expectation of its customers has been a motto for Keppel O&M, whose vision is to be the provider of choice for its customers. At the naming ceremony of the Sea Apache held recently, Mr Martin Watts, Area Director for Gulf Marine Far East, a subsidiary of Gulfmark, said, “Keppel has once again achieved a first class production of our vessel. The Sea Apache is the second delivery of a new class of vessels that we are very proud to add to our fleet. We are expecting four more deliveries this year, all from Keppel Singmarine.” Mr Hoe Eng Hock, Executive Director of Keppel Singmarine, said, “This vessel is delivered well on schedule despite late delivery of key equipment. Her performance during sea trials has also exceeded the design and contractual requirements for bollard pull and speed. We are very glad to play a part towards building Gulfmark’s fleet of over 60 offshore support vessels, and its continued expansion into the Southeast Asian offshore market.” Sea Apache is the second of a fleet of six vessels ordered by Gulfmark, which provides marine transportation services to the energy industry, primarily in the North Sea, Southeast Asia and the Americas. Designed by Marine Technology Development (MTD), the ship R&D arm of Keppel O&M, she will be deployed in South East Asia. keppelite Splashing start for Asia’s first Ice-breakers On 29 December 2007 and 14 January 2008, Keppel Singmarine sent ice-breakers, H327 and H328 respectively, off to a splashing start. H328 was launched before the onset of a heavy storm. Just a minute before the vessel was to slide down the slipway, heavy big raindrops fell on the sturdy shoulders of the team involved in this milestone. Nevertheless, the launch went well. Launching the Ice-breakers is a milestone for the team at Keppel Singmarine. Mr Edmund Lek, GM (Production) of Keppel Singmarine, who oversaw the launching process, shared, “These two vessels are by far the largest and heaviest ever launched in Keppel Singmarine. “We did a lot of safety checks and had intensive discussions with our Engineering and Project teams to ensure that we are confident of the success of the project.” The two vessels will be deployed in the Barents and Arctic Seas. They are designed and built to the rules and standards of the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, and are customised in accordance with the owner’s stringent Braving the storm at its launch, Ice-breaker H328 achieved its first major milestone requirements and superior technical specifications. The contract to build the two vessels – a multi-purpose icebreaking supply vessel and an auxiliary icebreaker vessel – was secured on the back of four Ice-Class Anchor Handling Tug/Supply (AHTS) vessels, as well as a Ice-Class Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) vessel subsequently. keppelite Keppelite I January 2008
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