Strategic Marine Launches Caballo Maya

The Vung Tau based Shipbuilder – Strategic Marine recently launched the first of two 143 metre Dive Support Vessels, the “Caballo Maya” (Hull 156) at a weight of 6,800 tonnes in Vietnam.

The vessel was built for Marfield Ltd Inc and will operate out of the Gulf of Mexico for Oceanographia S.A. de C.V. Mr Mark Schiller, Managing Director of Strategic Marine Vietnam said: “The quality of steelwork and fairness of the vessel is extremely good, it’s something we are proud to have delivered.”

Strategic Marine was awarded the contract for Hull 156 in late 2006 and Hull 157 in late 2007. The second vessel (Hull 157) is approximately 90 per cent complete and is scheduled for launch by mid-June, 2010.

Tags: Caballo Maya, Vietnam shipping industry

Posted by VBN on Jun 2 2010. Filed under Industry. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry