Vessels built by two or more companies are becoming routine especially in Europe. Typically the hull is built in a lower cost area such as Poland or China and then completed in the Netherlands where costs are higher.
Recently the Karadeniz Shipyard, located in Ünye/Ordu, Turkey, completed a 135-metre by 11.45-metre hull with a 4.25-metre moulded depth for finishing in the Netherlands.
Once in the Netherlands the hull was taken to the Scheepswerf Gelria in Nijmegen. The building of the vessel was completed as a twin-engined inland river vessel. In addition to installation of the superstructure five Cummins engines were installed. These included a pair of Cummins 4BT3.9-G4 powered 64 kVA generators and a QSK15-C bowthruster genset. The main engines are a two Cummins Tier 2 compliant QSK38-M engines each generating 1,040kW at 1,800rpm.
Christened 'Sierra' and registered in the Port of Gruten, the new vessel was delivered to her owners E.G.P. Peters earlier this year.
