GE, Zentech enter cooperation deal to provide vessels

The US pair of GE’s Marine Solutions and Zentech Inc. have signed a cooperation agreement under which the two parties will work together to provide advanced vessels for their marine and offshore customers.

GE said on Tuesday that the agreement covers a range of vessel types, including self-elevating lift boats, drillships, and semi-submersibles.

Zentech will contribute with its knowledge and experience in design while GE will provide advanced engineering expertise and technology in power generation, propulsion, and control.

GE said that this long-term deal has already started to bear results with a first implementation contract, which sees GE set to deliver its electric power and propulsion, dynamic positioning and vessel control system solutions for Zentech’s Z-210, currently under construction at CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding Company Limited in China.

The Z-210 is a self-propelled, self-elevating, DP-2 capable, ABS Class, high-temperature (55 degrees Celsius) rated, four-legged mobile offshore unit capable of operating in water depths of up to 280 feet.

It is scheduled for delivery in 2018 and directed towards the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the Far East markets where the production, well intervention and platform support activities require the capability for a wide range of water depths from as shallow as 13 feet all the way up to 280 feet.

Ramesh Maini, president and CEO of Zentech, said: “As specialist designers, we are proud to be working with GE and look forward to incorporating the best of what GE has to offer into our customers’ future vessels.”

Tim Schweikert, president and CEO of GE Marine Solutions, said: “We are committed to meeting the operational requirements of ship operators and marine companies. We are very much looking forward to working with Zentech on this project and in the future.”