Delivery of "SCI Panna"

SCI had signed a contract for acquisition of a series of four new built AHTS with Bharati Shipyard Limited, India. Remaining three vessels are scheduled for delivery by the end of 2011.

"SCI Panna” with 2,040 gt and 2,001 dwt is classed with IRS, equipped with DP I system and was built to comply with the latest and most stringent international regulations.

In the offshore sector, SCI presently has a fleet of 10 vessels which were acquired during the eighties. These vessels have been dedicatedly serving the oil exploration and production sector in India for the last 25 years. The four AHTS ordered with Bharati Shipyard are 1st phase replacement of SCI’s ten AHTS acquired during the eighties. They are said to comply with superior specifications like Dynamic Positioning, Reverse Osmosis Plant and UKOOA compliance as required by Indian E&P operators, etc. As a National carrier, SCI has been aiming to increase its presence in India’s offshore sector.
To promote Indian Shipbuilding industry, SCI states to have ordered four AHTS  and two PSV with Cochin Shipyard on nomination basis. The service of these vessels would be crucial to the E&P operators in the Indian Offshore sector.