SUISSE OUTREMER AG group has just confirmed an order for two 53m units, the “KathrinT” and the “Karol W”, for delivery in May and September 2014, which will be commercially operated by ABC MARITIME AG in West Africa.
After delivery of 4 ships that have been put into service on the West African coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, this order bears witness to the success of the main ship in the range of crew boats recently developed by PIRIOU.
Very advanced discussions have also vindicated the decision taken by the PIRIOU group to start the series production of 6 units of the same type per year. With the same hull and propulsion system, each of these ships will offer the same level of performance to the different ship owners, whilst leaving the choice of certain options, such as the outfitting of lounges and the type of freight to be transported, to them.
Pascal PIRIOU, CEO of the PIRIOU group declared “the order from a first rate shipowner such as ABC MARITIME AG confirms our positioning as leader of the crew boat market. The quality of our Vietnamese constructions, which meet the most stringent international standards, and series production enables us to be particularly competitive in a rapidly expanding world offshore oil market”.
