Rolls-Royce Order Rolls On
10 Jan 2008
Rolls-Royce has won £72m of further business on its largest ever offshore marine contract, taking the total order value to £155m.
A total of ten Rolls-Royce designed and equipped UT vessels will now be built for Nordcapital.
In June 2007, the company announced an £83m contract to deliver designs and equipment for six new Rolls-Royce offshore service vessels to Nordcapital, which will be operated on their behalf by OSM Schiffahrt. The new order win covers a further four ships.
The vessels, designed by Rolls-Royce and incorporating a range of its marine equipment, including diesel engines, deck machinery, thrusters and dynamic positioning systems will be built by the Korean yard Sekwang. The four UT 786 CD deep water anchor handling vessels are Rolls-Royce UT-Design ships which are well established in the commercial shipbuilding market, with over 500 vessels built since the mid-1970s and around 100 currently on order. John Paterson, Rolls-Royce President - Marine said, 'We are delighted that Nordcapital has now specified Rolls-Royce designs and systems for the whole of its current building programme for new offshore vessels.'






