Keppel's Sea Apache delivered

Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited has delivered its Sea Apache vessel to Gulfmark Offshore Inc.

Delivery of the 139-tonne (152 ton) bollard pull Anchor Handling Tug/Supply (AHTS) was made on time and with a zero lost time safety record. Subsidiary Keppel Singmarine received a bonus of US$10,000 for the timely delivery. Choo Chiau Beng, Chairman/ CEO of Keppel Offshore & Marine, said, "We are pleased to announce that all our major projects for 2007 were delivered on time to our customers despite the tight labour market and equipment supply crunch. At the naming ceremony of the Sea Apache, Martin Watts, area director for Gulf Marine Far East, a subsidiary of Gulfmark, said, "Keppel has once again achieved a first class production of our vessel.” The Sea Apache is the second delivery of a new class of vessels. Four more deliveries are expected this year, all from Keppel Singmarine." Sea Apache is the second of a fleet of six vessels ordered by Gulfmark, which provides marine transportation services to the energy industry, primarily in the North Sea, Southeast Asia and the Americas.
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