Focal Marine & Offshore, a Singapore / Shanghai based OSV designer, has received a significant order for their 78m PSV (FOCAL 522) design, amounting up to 10 ships to be built at Xiamen Shipbuilding Industries in China.
FOCAL 522 PSV design features 4,000 ton deadweight, 800 m2 deck cargo area, complement of 60 men and carriage of multi cargoes of fuel oil, base oil, fresh water, mud / brine, dry bulks and methanol. In addition to supply function, the design also includes oil recovery notation without limitation on the flash point of recovered oil.
The delivery of the vessels will take place from late 2014 to late 2015.
The design complies with the latest regulations including SPS 2008 and MLC 2006.
With this new order, a total of 18 vessels of FOCAL 522 design have been contracted. Four vessels have been delivered and are operated in West Africa / Gulf of Mexico, the other 4 vessels are under construction at other yards.
[mappress] Focal Marine & Offshore, May 17, 2013