Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured a contract worth S$143 million (US$115 million) to build a heavy lift sheerleg crane vessel for Asian Lift.
Scheduled to be completed at Keppel's Nantong Shipyard in China in the third quarter of 2013, the 5,000-tonne floating crane will be the largest and most versatile heavy lift sheerleg crane vessel of its kind in the world. To be named 'Asian Hercules III', the self-propelled vessel will have enough power to lift a weight equal to over 5,000 saloon cars.
Upon delivery, 'Asian Hercules III' will be deployed to Singapore, where she will serve the offshore oil and gas as well as marine markets in South-East Asia. The vessel will be 106 metres long and 52 metres wide, with a hook height of at least 172 metres.