Larsen & Toubro’s subsidiary -- L&T Shipbuilding -- has delivered its first export commercial vessel from the Kattupalli Shipyard, near Chennai. The platform supply vessel (PSV) ‘Halul 42’ is the first in a series of six PSV to be delivered to Halul Offshore Services Company W.L.L. (HOSC) of Qatar.
The PSV has an overall length of 78.60 metres and a breadth of 18 metres with a dead-weight of 3,450 tonnes and a deck area of 725 sqmetres. The vessel has been designed as a multi-purpose vessel equipped for fire-fighting, rescue and standby, offshore supply, oil recovery and other offshore related activities. The vessel has state-of-the-art diesel-electric propulsion with dynamic positioning capability.
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is a technology, engineering, construction and manufacturing company. It is one of the largest and most respected companies in India's private sector.
