DOF AHTS to be built in Brazil
STX Norway Offshore has through its subsidiary STX Brazil Offshore entered into a new contract for the building of one Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessel for Norskan Offshore in Brazil, a subsidiary of DOF ASA.
The vessel is scheduled for delivery at the end of 2013 and is the third in a series of new AH 11 designs from STX Norway Offshore Design in Ålesund, Norway. The shipbuilder currently has a total of seven vessels under construction for DOF in Brazil. The newbuilding will be built at STX Brazil Offshore yard in Niteroi, Brazil.