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JES has started steel cutting on the first of two UT 577 LN platform supply vessels (PSVs) being built for Vega Offshore Management.
The 3,100 dwt, 77 m vessels are due to be delivered in fourth quarter 2014 and first quarter 2015.
“It marks a very momentous occasion for JES as it signifies our diversification into the more technically challenging offshore oil and gas sector,” said
“We are confident that the UT 755 LN will be a prided product that will strengthen our presence in this sphere.”
In common with many other Chinese shipbuilders JES is keen to break into the offshore market given the sharp fall off in conventional newbuilding orders.
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