Kogalym: Lukoil ice-class vessel at Keppel Singmarine.
Keppel delivers fifth Lukoil vessel
Keppel Singmarine has delivered the newbuild multi-purpose duty rescue vessel, Kogalym on schedule to Lukoil-Kaliningradmorneft.
The vessel was officially christened at a ceremony held today at Keppel Singmarine.
The 60-tonne bollard pull vessel will be deployed in the Caspian Sea region to perform supply duty and rescue operations in temperatures as low as minus 20 degree celsius and ice thickness of up to 70 centimetres.
Jointly designed by Marine Technology Development (MTD), the ship design and development arm of Keppel Offshore & Marine and its consultants, Robert Allan, Kogalym is the fifth vessel Keppel Singmarine has delivered to Lukoil since 2003.