On March 22, 2013, Hyundai Vinashin Shipyard (HVS) held a steel cutting ceremony at the Hull Processing Shop No 2, for Hull Nos. S900, S901 & S902, the series of three 3,200HP Tug Boats to be built for HVS’s mother company Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd. of Korea.
The representatives of the owner, KR Class and HVS attended the ceremony. Mr. Kang Cheol Soo, President & CEO of HVS, together with KR’s representative pressed the NCP No 3’s start button to cut the 1st steel plate corresponding to the Block No. B11, marking the beginning of a shipbuilding process.
As scheduled, keel laying will be in late May, launching in late July and delivery in early September 2013.
[mappress] Press Release, March 25, 2013