Strategic Marine expands shipbuilding capacity

Australia’s Strategic Marine has expanded the capacity of its Singapore facility and officially opened its new yard in Mexico.

The company has doubled the size and capacity of its shipyard at Tuas in Singapore by leasing a 3,000-square metre open area adjacent to its existing facility and erecting a 1,200-square metre covered area which is expected be operational by August this year. The increased capacity will allow Strategic Marine to make an early start on the six 40-metre crew boats it has announced it will build ‘on spec’. Two of these vessels have already been ordered by Australian marine service company Samson Maritime in a contract worth US$9.8 million. The aluminium utility vessels, which have seating for 50 rig crew and ten crew members, are scheduled for delivery in May and July next year. Work is already under way to lay a 75-metre by 22-metre concrete slab on the new site, which will then have a marquee-type shed erected as a temporary measure, with a permanent shed on the newly leased site to be constructed next year. The expanded yard is expected to employ an additional 80 welders, fabricators and shipyard workers on top of its existing 120-strong workforce. Meanwhile, Strategic Marine’s shipyard at Matazlan in Mexico has officially been opened with a keel-laying ceremony for the first vessel to be built at the facility.
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