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Overview of SSE's new Tuas Yard.

Ground-Breaking Ceremony Of SSE's

New Yard In Tuas

Singapore Shipbuilding & Engineering Lim- ited (SSE), the marine arm of Singapore Tech- nologies, will be commencing major civil work on its new shipyard at Tuas. The ground- breaking ceremony for the yard was officiated by Commodore Teo Chee Hean, minister of state for finance and communications, on Sep- tember 21, 1993. The new site occupies a land area of 16 acres and a waterfront of more than 1,771 feet. It will provide very significant addi- tional capacity to what SSE already has at its present 30-acre yard at nearby Benoi Road.

Targeted to be ready for operations by April, 1994, the Tuas yard will extend the range of

SSE's shipbuilding and shiprepairing services.

Construction of a new 17,000-ton lifting capac- ity floating dock has already started and is scheduled for operation in April, 1994. This new yard is an integral part of SSE's strategy to strengthen its position in the shipbuilding and shiprepairing industry. With this expansion,

SSE now has the capability to repair vessels of up to 40,000 dwt - a significant increase from the present 10,000-dwt capability at the Benoi site.

There will also be two building berths at this site capable of building ships of up to 30,000 dwt, more than double the current capability. The new yard will harness SSE's core competence in marine and heavy engineering project manage- ment and technical capability using state-of- the-art computer-aided design and manufac- turing system. With the completion of the new yard, SSE will be able to effectively enlarge its customer base beyond the region, and at the same time enhance its services to its current clientele. A worldwide network of sales agents has already been established to actively market the new site. Some of the projects secured for

SSE's current order book include: a contract for a military customer for the design and construc- tion of 12 patrol craft worth more than $248 million; outfitting of three mine-countermea- sure vessels worth more than $37 million; and two floating docks and two landing craft worth $17 million. For more information,

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