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Ulstein Builds for Marine

Subsea

Marine Subsea Inc. signed a contract with

Ulstein Verft for building an offshore con- struction vessel specialized in inspection, maintenance and repair operations (IMR/OCV) of the ULSTEIN SX121 design from Ulstein Design. The value of the contract is about $154.6m. The ship will be delivered in 2010 and is the fourth vessel of the type ULSTEIN SX121 from

Ulstein Design. The vessel will be yard number 287 at Ulstein Verft. Marine

Subsea Inc. has previously contracted a sim- ilar vessel from Ulstein Verft for delivery in

July 2009. "In a pressured market with many delays in both equipment and deliver- ies, it is important to have a good dialog with the shipyard. The Ulstein Group is highly reputable when it comes to building state-of-the-art vessels and developing design," said hristian Nygaard, managing director, Marine Subsea.

The ship will have the characteristic

ULSTEIN X-BOW. "The hull design also gives the ship more volume in the forepart and thus more space for accommodations than a conventional hull," said Nygaard.

The vessel will be 120 x 25 m and accom- modate 100. It will be fitted with a tower for module handling, a moonpool, ROV hangar, offshore crane, helideck and a diesel-electric propulsion system. The ship will also be equipped with ULSTEIN

COM, ULSTEIN IAS and the newly devel- oped ULSTEIN NAV from Ulstein.

Electric Boat Wins Sub Deal

Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $10,743,734 cost plus fixed fee modification to definitize previously awarded contract N00024-96-C-2100, for tasking associated with the execution of the

USS Virginia (SSN 774) Post Shakedown

Availability (PSA).Work was performed in

Groton, Conn. (99 percent) and Quonset

Point, R.I. (1 percent), and was completed in March 2007.Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

The Supervisor of Shipbuilding Conversion and Repair, USN, Groton Conn., is the contracting activity.

Aker Yards to Build

AHTS for DOF

Aker Yards entered into a contract with

DOF Installer ASA. This is the first of two possible options in the connection of the previous contract for building of 2 + 2

AHTS vessels. The vessel is an Anchor

Handling Supply Vessel based on the Aker

Yards design AH 04 CD. Delivery is sched- uled in Q4 2010. The vessel will have a bol- lard pull in excess of 350 tons, and will be outfitted with a triple drum winch of 500 tons. Accommodation is planned for 90 per- sons.

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