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Arctech bags Sovcomflot icebreaking supply vessel order

Arctech bags Sovcomflot icebreaking supply vessel order
Arctech Helsinki Shipyard has bagged a EUR100m ($138.2m) order from Sovcomflot to build an icebreaking supply vessel.

Work will start immediately on the vessel, which is due to be delivered in June 2016. The design of the 100 m long by 21 m breadth vessel is a further developed version of the two multifunctional icebreaking supply vessels Vitus Bering and Aleksey Chirikov the yard delivered to Sovcomflot in 2012 and 2013.

“This order is an excellent continuation for the series of icebreaking multipurpose vessels, that Arctech has built in past few years. With this order Arctech confirms its position as leading builder of arctic offshore vessels,” said Esko Mustamäki, managing director of Arctech Helsinki Shipyard.

The vessel will be built for operation in the North East Sakhalin Offshore region oil and gas field and will be used as a platform supply vessel for Sakhalin Energy Investment Company.