COSCO to build additional BigRoll boat

COSCO Dalian will build an additional module carrier for the Netherlands-based heavy lift company BigRoll following the exercising of a vessel newbuilding option from a previous order.

The 21,000DWT vessel, part of BigRoll’s MC class, will measure 173 metres in length, with a breadth of 42 metres.

Named ‘BigRoll Baffin’, the vessel will be capable of Arctic operations. She will be delivered in mid-2016.