UAE: Drydocks World Delivers Jack-up Platform Swift 10

Drydocks World has announced the delivery of Jack-up platform Swift 10 to Swift Drilling BV. Swift Drilling BV is a joint venture between Cofely Oil & Gas BV and Jack-Up Barge BV. The contract was valued at AED 89.3833 million.

The specialized jack up platform was built at Drydocks World’s yard in Nanindah, Indonesia. The new jack up rig expected to be deployed in European waters involved in energy and wind farm installations and related activities. An additional unit JB-117 is undergoing construction in Graha, Indonesia.

The mono-hull self elevating platform is built and equipped for easy start up of marine energy projects. Classified by the American Bureau of Shipping, the barge has a 1750 tonnes capacity and is 67.4 m long and 40 m wide. The mooring system consists of four 40-tonne line pull, electric driven and four 6-tonne Delta Flipper anchors. The barge is equipped with an 80-tonne capacity offshore crane and a heli deck with a 19.5 m diameter.

Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman, Drydocks World and Maritime World said “Drydocks World has made its presence felt in the offshore conversion and construction in the oil and energy sector markets quite rapidly. We are happy that our services are being increasingly relied upon by key industry players, which highlight our engineering and construction capabilities to support marine, offshore and wind energy installations. We are here to fulfil the wide ranging industry requirements for Jack-Up platforms and rigs and we have proven expertise, which makes us a preferred choice,”

Drydocks World is one of the most prominent names in the maritime industry. Over the past 25 years, Drydocks World has established itself as a leading, and fast growing international player in ship repair, shipbuilding, rig building, FPSO conversion, offshore fabrication and fleet operations with facilities in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Drydocks World’s flagship facility, Drydocks World – Dubai is the largest, cutting edge ship repair, conversion and new building facility between Europe and the Far East.

In Southeast Asia, Drydocks World unites leading expertise at the world’s crossroads of busiest shipping lanes, and close proximity to major offshore oil and gas field developments in Singapore and Batam Island, Indonesia. Diverse marine activities are focused in 4 shipyards, namely: Singapore, Graha, Nanindah and Pertama. Collectively these encompass 29 building berths, 8 floating docks, and a specialised rig building yard.

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Source: Drydocks  , November 24, 2010;