KT Maritime Christens Two Infield Support Vessels
On Wednesday, 9 November 2016, KT Maritime celebrated the naming ceremony of two Infield Support Vessels (ISVs) at ASL Shipyards in Singapore.
The powerful and sophisticated rotor tugs, named RT Kuri Bay and RT Roebuck Bay, are purpose-built to support Shell’s FLNG facility Prelude. Prelude FLNG is the largest floating liquefied natural gas facility ever constructed and will produce and export LNG off the coast of Australia. The Prelude FLNG facility will be located in the Prelude and Concerto gas fields in the Browse LNG Basin 200km off the coast of Australia.
Together with a third ISV, RT Beagle Bay which was completed earlier this year, the vessels will be employed to manoeuvre LNG and LPG carriers alongside the Prelude, as well as assist with condensate off takes, emergency response and personnel transfer.
The two sponsor ladies who christened the new vessels were Shell’s Ms Susan Beattie and Mrs Mimoza Anderson, the wife of KT Maritime’s Business Development Manager Mr. Jamie Anderson. Ard-Jan Kooren, Director of KT Maritime and acting CEO of Kotug stated, “This is a historic moment for KT Maritime as well as ASL Shipyards. With the development of FLNGs, natural gas production is moving in a new direction and our new ISVs are at the vanguard to support that development.”
