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reduction in facilities following the announcement that two of

Singapore's largest yards,

Sembawang and Jurong Shipyard (JSL), are to merge. No definite details of the necessary time scale have yet to be released, but it is understood that it will take about five years before the Sembawang facility will close. Meanwhile, the recently commissioned large

ULCC dock at JSL will become part of Sembawang's marketing policy. It is also expected that other floating docks, currently at

Sembawang Shipyard, will be transferred to the recently-opened

PT Sembawang Karimun, in

Indonesia.

Meanwhile, Karimun Shipyard is already fully operational; the 65,000-dwt capacity Karimun

Perduna Dock, built by

Sembawang Bethlehem, has been docking ships since last

September.

Keppel has expanded overseas to cheaper labor areas, with projects in Vietnam, Philippines, the

Middle East and Australia.

Sembawang has commenced pro- jects in Indonesia (Karimun), the

Middle East (Albwardy Marine) and mainland China (Sembawang

Bohai Shipyard). More recently,

Pan United initiated a move to establish a repair yard at Batam in

Indonesia. The latest to declare an interest in overseas development is

Singapore Technologies

Shipbuilding & Engineering (STS&E), which is currently in the process of seeking a joint venture partner to set up a new repair facility in a lower cost part of the region.

Philippines-based Kepphil

Shipyard, a member of Singapore's

Keppel Group, has announced the start of construction of a new, 40,000-dwt drydock at its Bauan,

Batangas, shipyard in the

Philippines. Earlier this year, the yard sold its 20,000-dwt floating dock to Singapore's Singmarine

Dockyard and Engineering for $3 million, as part of a rationalization program.

Another FPSO conversion project has now been completed by a

Singapore yard. The FPSO con- tract, involving 136,690-dwt

Tantawan Explorer (ex-Bayern) at

Singapore's Sembawang Shipyard, has been successfully carried out.

Owned by Monaco's Single Buoy

Moorings (SBM), the vessel was at the yard for six months undergoing

March, 1997 conversion from a 136,960-dwt tanker to a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit.

Apart from the installation of a single point mooring system,

Sembawang also carried out exten- sive steel work in the installation of the helideck, process deck sup- port structures, equipment sup- ports and the tandem offloading station, totaling more than 2,200 tons. More than 30 km of pipelines were also installed, and major upgrading and modifications were carried out on the utilities system, main boiler, accommodations areas and galley. Tantawan Explorer is to be stationed at the Tantawan oil and gas field, located around 265 miles south of Bangkok, in 240 fsw.

Sembawang currently has two other FPSO contracts underway.

The first involves another unit

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In the last ten years, we've chalked up an enviable record for innovative customization, quality workmanship, on-time delivery and competitive pricing. Something that's earned us trust and respect from our clients, not to mention repeat business.

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