Farstad Shipping has, through its wholly owned subsidiary Farstad Supply, reached an agreement with STX OSV to build two anchor handling offshore service vessels (AHTS) of the type UT 731 CD.
The 87.40m long, 21.0m wide vessels are designed by Rolls Royce Marine and the contract value is approximately $218 million. Bollard pull will be about 260 tonnes and installed power around 17.6MW. The vessels will be built according to DNV’s strictest environmental class, ‘Clean Design’. The newbuilds are of the same design as the four units Langsten previously delivered to Farstad during 2009-2010.
The steel hulls will be built in Romania and outfitting will take place at the STX OSV Langsten yard in Tomrefjord. Delivery of the vessels will be April and June 2013 respectively.
