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Cosco orders another heavy lift vessel at GSI

Photo of Grant Rowles Grant RowlesAugust 29, 2022
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Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers has signed a contract to built a 65,000 dwt semi-submersible heavy lift vessel at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI).

The “Super X” vessel is scheduled for deliver in 2024, and will the tenth semi-submersible heavy lift vessel in the company’s fleet.

Cosco said last year that the semi-submersible heavy lift vessel market will be a main development focus of the company over the coming years in order to meet the growing demand from offshore oil and gas, LNG and the offshore wind industry.

Photo of Grant Rowles Grant RowlesAugust 29, 2022
861 Less than a minute
Photo of Grant Rowles

Grant Rowles

Grant spent nine years at Informa Group based in London, Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore. He gained strong management experience in publishing, conferences and awards schemes in the shipping and legal areas, working on a number of titles including Lloyd's List. In 2009 Grant joined Seatrade responsible for the commercial development of Seatrade’s Asia products. In 2012, with Sam Chambers, he co-founded Asia Shipping Media.
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