Global Singapore-based shipbuilder Strategic Marine has opened a new facility, as well as handing over its first hybrid CTV and unveiling a fast crew boat (FCB).
More than 100 guests attended the ceremony on March 29 to celebrate the new yard, which features a 5,000DWT dry dock 100m in length, 18.5m in width and eight metres deep.
UK-based HST Marine will be handed HST Marine alongside its sister vessel HST Tynemouth. The pair of vessels are the first of four ordered earlier this year. Both feature hybrid technology and are designed for offshore wind farm operations.
The new FCB is Strategic Marine’s fourth generation vessel and has a gyro stabiliser and new hull form, which ‘snsures optimal safety for personnel transfers to offshore platforms’.
“Our fourth-generation fast crew boat is the result of years of research and development, and we believe it will set the standard for crew transfer vessels in the industry,” said Chan Eng Yew, CEO of Strategic Marine.
