reduction in facilities following the
announcement that two of
Singapore's largest yards,
Sembawang and Jurong Shipyard
(JSL), are to merge. No definite
details of the necessary time scale
have yet to be released, but it is
understood that it will take about
five years before the Sembawang
facility will close. Meanwhile, the
recently commissioned large
ULCC dock at JSL will become
part of Sembawang's marketing
policy. It is also expected that
other floating docks, currently at
Sembawang Shipyard, will be
transferred to the recently-opened
PT Sembawang Karimun, in
Indonesia.
Meanwhile, Karimun Shipyard is
already fully operational; the
65,000-dwt capacity Karimun
Perduna Dock, built by
Sembawang Bethlehem, has been
docking ships since last
September.
Keppel has expanded overseas to
cheaper labor areas, with projects
in Vietnam, Philippines, the
Middle East and Australia.
Sembawang has commenced pro-
jects in Indonesia (Karimun), the
Middle East (Albwardy Marine)
and mainland China (Sembawang
Bohai Shipyard). More recently,
Pan United initiated a move to
establish a repair yard at Batam in
Indonesia. The latest to declare an
interest in overseas development is
Singapore Technologies
Shipbuilding & Engineering
(STS&E), which is currently in the
process of seeking a joint venture
partner to set up a new repair
facility in a lower cost part of the
region.
Philippines-based Kepphil
Shipyard, a member of Singapore's
Keppel Group, has announced the
start of construction of a new,
40,000-dwt drydock at its Bauan,
Batangas, shipyard in the
Philippines. Earlier this year, the
yard sold its 20,000-dwt floating
dock to Singapore's Singmarine
Dockyard and Engineering for $3
million, as part of a rationalization
program.
Another FPSO conversion project
has now been completed by a
Singapore yard. The FPSO con-
tract, involving 136,690-dwt
Tantawan Explorer (ex-Bayern) at
Singapore's Sembawang Shipyard,
has been successfully carried out.
Owned by Monaco's Single Buoy
Moorings (SBM), the vessel was at
the yard for six months undergoing
March, 1997
conversion from a 136,960-dwt
tanker to a floating production,
storage and offloading (FPSO)
unit.
Apart from the installation of a
single point mooring system,
Sembawang also carried out exten-
sive steel work in the installation
of the helideck, process deck sup-
port structures, equipment sup-
ports and the tandem offloading
station, totaling more than 2,200
tons. More than 30 km of pipelines
were also installed, and major
upgrading and modifications were
carried out on the utilities system,
main boiler, accommodations areas
and galley. Tantawan Explorer is
to be stationed at the Tantawan oil
and gas field, located around 265
miles south of Bangkok, in 240 fsw.
Sembawang currently has two
other FPSO contracts underway.
The first involves another unit
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Beyond achieving unique conversions, we've also
fulfilled contracts for winterisation, jumboisation and
building specialised cement carriers, floating docks,
clean product tankers and other types of vessels.
Our facilities are comprehensive. Three floating
docks. Ample berthing space. Large, covered work-
shops. 400 metres of sheltered deep waterfront. More
than enough to handle repairs, new buildings and
conversions of ships up to 45,000 dwt.
In the last ten years, we've chalked up an enviable
record for innovative customization, quality
workmanship, on-time delivery and competitive
pricing. Something that's earned us trust and respect
from our clients, not to mention repeat business.
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