ST Engg's US yard bags deal worth US$350m
It will build 2 of the world's first LNG-powered box cum ro-ro vessels
ST Engineering's US shipyard, VT Halter Marine, has signed a US$350 million contract with Florida's Crowley Maritime Corporation to build two of the world's first LNG-powered conro vessels.
VT Halter Marine of Pascagoula, Mississippi, is the US operation of ST Engineering's marine arm, ST Marine.
The conro vessels, or container roll-on/roll-off vessels, are container ships measuring 219.5 metres long by 32.3m wide with a deep draft of 10m and an approximate deadweight capacity of 26,500 tonnes.
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