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Jurong Aracruz integrated facil- ity under construction in Brazil. It has also invested in Indian yards:

Pipavav shipyard and Sembmarine

EPIC

Kakinada, and several yards in China,

Singapore’s newest the UK, and the US.

Sembcorp Marine President and CEO

Mr. Wong Weng Sun presented details of the new Tuas yard in Singapore and shipyard at Tuas the new yard in Brazil at the Offshore

Technology Conference in Houston this embcorp Marine celebrates its year and spoke with OE. Wong believes

Sembcorp has completed the 50th anniversary in 2013, and the new effciencies in the Tuas yard frst phase of its state-of-the-art continues to expand and upgrade could bring cost savings of up to 20%.

S shipyard on Singapore’s west its facilities, laying the foundation for The company is investing more than long-term, sustainable growth. US$1.5 billion to build the two state- coast. reports.Nina Rach

The company is building Phase 1 of-the-art shipyards, geared for the of an expanded yard in Singapore, at offshore oil and gas industry.

Tuas. The entire 206-hectare new facil- ity will be developed in three phases

Tuas-Phase 1 over 16 years.

Commercial operation of Phase 1

The Tuas yard joins Sembcorp facilities at Tuas began in August

Marines’s current Singapore proper- 2013, with all four drydocks busy ties: Jurong Shipyard, Jurong SML, with repair jobs in late September.

Sembawang Shipyard, PPL Shipyard,

More ships are expected to be and SMOE. rerouted to the Tuas yard from Pulau

Samulun, an offshore island in

Sembcorp Marine has also

Jurong Industrial Estate, separated established a global network of from mainland Singapore by Selat shipyards including P.T. Karimun

Samulun. This is Jurong Shipyard’s

Sembawang Shipyard and P.T. SMOE main repair facility.

in Indonesia, and the new Estaleiro

The Tuas project was frst announced in November 2009, but the new ship-

Mr. Wong Weng Sun, President and CEO, yard had been envisioned for decades,

Sembcorp Marine

View of the new yard at Tuas View Extension, with Finger Pier #1, Wharf #1, and Drydocks #1 and #2 at left; Finger Pier #2, Quay #2, and Drydock #4 at center.

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