Two icebreaking tugs on order
Icebreaking tug designed by Aker Arctic
The vessels will be delivered in 2011, and the total value of the two contracts is indicated to amount to approximately NOK 450 million.
This contract is a continuation of the cooperation with JSC Circle Marine Invest. Currently three earlier ordered icebreaking tugs are under contruction at STX Braila shipyard. The first vessel in this series is ready to be delivered, as STX states.
JSC Circle Marine Invest will operate the vessels in the Kashagan field of the northern Caspian Sea through its subsidiary Caspian Offshore Construction in Kazakhstan .
The vessels are designed by the STX Europe subsidiary Aker Arctic, and have a length of 65 m and a beam of 16,4 m. The vessels will have the Ice class notification 1A* Super, according to the Finnish-Swedish Ice classification rules. Further, the vessels will be equipped and designed for other operations like firefighting, rescue operations and towing in shallow waters.
