Singapore: Strategic Marine, a specialist shipbuilder with operations in Singapore, Australia and Vietnam, will build the Long Term Ashmore Capability (LTAC) for Gardline Australia on behalf of the government of Australia.
The LTAC will be a 40 m On Station Vessel designed for flexible self-sufficiency on long-term deployment in tropical areas.
Once delivered, the LTAC will be deployed by Australian Customs & Border Protection to Ashmore Island, an external territory of Australia lying 500 nautical miles from Darwin in the Indian Ocean.
Among the LTAC’s technical specifications are twin main Caterpillar 32 engines and a bowthruster, twin davits and tenders, a draft of 2.4 m and breadth of 11.5 m. There is accommodation for 17 crew and 26 passengers. It will be built at Strategic’s multi-purpose shipyard in Vietnam.
Separately, this week Strategic Marine’s Singapore yard delivered the Njord Lapwing, the fourth in a series of eight vessels for the offshore windfarm sector ordered by Njord Offshore (UK). [21/03/13]
