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Grandweld to build four crew boats for Global Marine

Grandweld to build four crew boats for Global Marine
Based in Dubai Maritime City, local firm Grandweld, exhibiting at SOMWME, recently signed contracts to design, build and deliver four 42-metre aluminium crew boats for Global Marine.

The shipbuilding contracts were signed in July 2015 between Jamal Abki, Grandweld General Manager, and Shahram Nazemi, Global Marine managing director and the vessels will be delivered in Q2 and Q3 of 2016. The four new contracts come after Grandweld’s recent delivery of four similar 42-metre crewboats to Global Marine during Q2 and Q3 of 2015.

The vessels will be delivered in accordance with the latest high performance aluminium crew boat design developed by Grandweld Shipyards.

The vessels will feature a crew seating capacity of 69 persons, 104 square metres loading area for more than 85 tonnes of deck cargo and will achieve a speed in excess of 25 knots. The vessels will in addition be equipped with high-end navigational equipment in accordance with customer requirements.