Western Marine building second vessel for UAE company

Western Marine Shipyard got into a contract earlier this month to build a second vessel for a United Arab Emirates-based company. 

The watercraft, an anchor handling tug supply vessel, is primarily used in handling oil rig anchors. Such vessels can also be used for emergency response and rescue and in transporting supplies.

Cost of the vessel could not be immediately known. Sources said the engine and other machinery would be imported from Europe and Japan.

The previous vessel handed over to Al-Rashid Shipping Limited last November was a landing craft tank, which is used in offshore goods transport, especially in shallow waters. Named “Ajman Trans”, the vessel cost around Tk 10 crore.