Nordcapital Orders 8 Container Vessels
K.S. Choi, President of Hyundai Heavy Industries and Erck Rickmers, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Nordcapital Group, in Ulsan, South Korea. Nordcapital Group and Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) have signed contracts for the construction of eight container vessels with a capacity of 13,100 teu. The ships, which are the biggest container vessels ever built by HHI, will be delivered between April 2010 and March 2011 and are still available to the charter market. They represent an order volume of $ 1.4b , the largest single order HHI ever received for commercial ships. The design features latest technological and ecological requirements including environmental passport, an economic main engine fitted for low sulphur fuels, TBT free paint coatings and inboard fuel tanks.
Rolls-Royce Wins $163.2m Offshore Order
Rolls-Royce has won its largest ever offshore marine order worth $163.2m. It will deliver designs and equipment for six new Rolls-Royce UT Design offshore service vessels to OSM Schiffahrt, a joint venture between the Nordcapital Group in Germany and Norwegian ship management group OSM. OSM Schiffahrt also has options for a further six vessels. The vessels - designed by Rolls-Royce and incorporating a range of its marine equipment, including Bergen diesel engines, deck machinery, thrusters and dynamic positioning systems - will be built by Korean and Norwegian yards. Four UT 786 CD deep water anchor handlers will be built at the Sekwang shipyard for delivery in the second half of 2009. Two UT 776 CD platform supply vessels will be built at Aker Yards Brevik for delivery in 2009 and 2010.
