VT Halter signs $8.9M contract

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - VT Halter Marine has signed an $8.9 million contract with Candies Shipbuilders LLC to construct a 285-foot platform supply vessel. VT Halter Marine will fabricate the vessel hull with deckhouses. The hull will be towed to Candies Louisiana shipyard for final outfitting. Delivery of the vessel is scheduled for January 2010. (Source: Sun Herald, 11/06/08)