Keppel O&M clinches two contracts worth a total of about $200m
Wednesday 23 September 2020
In Singapore, Keppel Shipyard is under the conversion of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier to an FSRU bound for the Port of Acajutla, El Salvador.This will be El Salvador's first intergrated Lng-to power project
The contract is with FSRU Development Pte Ltd, a joint-venture company between BW Gas Limited and Invenergy Investment Company. BW Gas manages the LNG shipping and gas solutions business of global maritime group BW Group, while Invenergy is a global developer and operator of sustainable energy solutions.
In the US, Keppel O&M's wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel AmFELS will construct a high-specification trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) for Manson Construction Co, an employee-owned marine contractor based in Seattle.
The TSHD will be the first dredger built at Keppel AmFELS' yard in Brownsville, Texas. When completed, it will measure 128 metres long with a breadth of 25 metres and draft of eight metres, have a hopper capacity of 11,468.3 cubic metres and will operate primarily in the Gulf Coast and Atlantic Coast of the US.