Austal has announced it has secured a further offshore vessel contract for the construction of one 57.6-metre high speed catamaran crew boat for an undisclosed operator based in Southeast Asia, for US$20 million.
The advanced, multi-task crew boat is capable of quickly and safely transferring 90 offshore personnel plus cargo at up to 40 knots and shall be wholly constructed at Austal's Philippines shipyard for delivery in the third quarter of 2016.
In addition to a large, 200sqm cargo deck (allowing up to 100 tonnes of cargo to be transported), the vessel features DP2 'Dynamic Positioning' that allows stable, heave-compensated walk-to-work transfer of personnel to offshore facilities. The vessel also has search and rescue capability, with an on-board Fast Rescue Craft (FRC) available for launch quickly when necessary.
This is the second offshore vessel contract secured by Austal in the past month.
