Friday, October 4, 2013

Mobile shipyard chosen for build

MOBILE, Ala. -- BAE Systems' Mobile shipyard was chosen to build a subsea support vessel for Oceaneering International Inc., a gas and oil field engineering company. The Houston-based company will use the ship for its offshore drilling operations. Marin Teknikk, a Norway-based company, designed the vessel. The MT6022 design will have a 250-ton crane powered by energy efficient power and propulsion system. BAE Systems shipyards in Mobile and Jacksonville, Fla., employ about 1,300. (Source: al.com, 10/03/13)