Chennai: L&T Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, on Friday delivered its first export commercial vessel, built at the Kattupalli Shipyard near Chennai, to Halul Offshore Services Company WLL (HOSC) of Qatar.
A statement from L&T said, the ship, Halul 42, is the first in a series of six platform supply vessels (PSVs) to be delivered to HOSC.
Ali Bin Jassim Bin Mohammad Al-thani, chairman of HOSC, received the vessel at a ceremony at the Kattupalli Shipyard.
The PSV has an overall length of 78.60 metres and a breadth of 18 metres with a dead-weight of 3,450 tonnes and a deck area of 725 sqmetres.
It has been designed as a multi-purpose vessel equipped for fire-fighting, rescue and standby, offshore supply, oil recovery and other offshore related activities. The vessel has state-of-the-art diesel-electric propulsion with dynamic positioning capability.
The vessel has twin azimuth thrusters and twin bow thrusters that give it high manoeuvrability and station-keeping ability in all sea and weather conditions, typically prevalent in Arabian Gulf and the North Sea.
The company claims that the vessel complies with the latest marine, environmental and crew accommodation regulations. The external fire-fighting capability, survivor facilities and fast rescue boats make Halul 42 capable of enhancing the safety of any offshore field where the vessel is deployed. The ship is certified for carriage of noxious cargo and dangerous goods in packaged form.
Larsen & Toubro is a $14.3 billion technology, engineering, construction, manufacturing and financial services conglomerate, with global operations. Its products and systems are marketed in over 30 countries worldwide. L&T is one of the largest and most respected companies in India's private sector.
L&T set up the Rs 4,000 crore port-cum-ship building company jointly with Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation ( TIDCO) in two phases on a 1,200-acre of land at Kattupalli, through L&T Ship Building Limited (LTSB), for developing a minor port and building specialized ship, along with a repair unit.
In the third quarter of financial year 2013-2014, L&T Shipbuilding bagged orders for six specialized commercial vessels, valued at US$154 million.
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