Yantai Raffles Shipyard to Build Heavy Derrick Pipelay Vessel for CNOOC

Yantai Raffles Shipyard, together with prime contractor Friede Goldman Halter, has secured a US$109 million contract from CNOOC (China National Offshore Oil Corporation) to build a 157-meter, 3800-ton heavy derrick/pipelay vessel. The contract was signed in Beijing on 21 December.

Contract Signing Ceremony in Beijing.

Friede Goldman Halter & Yantai Raffles Shipyard Group outbid competitors from Singapore, South Korea, and Japan to secure this largest ever contract to be awarded by CNOOC.

The vessel will be built at the Yantai Raffles Shipyard in Yantai, Shandong Province, China. Delivery is anticipated to be on 31 March 2001.

Main Details of the Vessel as follows:

• L.O.A: 157 meters
  
• Breath Moulded: 48 meters
  
• Depth Moulded: 12.5 meters
  
• Design Draught: 8 meters
  
• Displacement at 8 meters draught, approx : 51,500 tons
  
• Deadweight at 8 meters draught, approx : 26,000 tons
  
• Class: CCS/ABS
  
• Flag: Chinese
  
• Complements: 280 persons

Main Equipment/Machinery:

• 1 unit AmClyde Crane 3800 tons
  
• 2 units Non-Retractable Azmuthing thrusters with FPP driven by electric motor
  
• 300KW @ 750rpm
  
• 3 units Generator Sets @ 4140KW MCR @ 750rpm, 6.6KV, 50Hz
  1 unit Electric Generator @4998KVA @750rpm, 50 Hz
  
• 1 unit Harbor Generator Set @1250KVA, with diesel engine 1100KW @750rpm
  
• 1 unit Emergency Generator Set @305KW , 50Hz
  
• 12 units Mooring Anchor System
  
• 1 unit Stinger