Hornbeck Offshore Services, of the USA, has contracted to construct eight 97.2m long offshore supply vessels with VT Halter Marine, and a further eight with Eastern Shipbuilding Group. VT Halter Marine says its contract is worth about $353 million and includes an option for up to 24 additional identical vessels. Based on the yard's Super 320 design developed for HOS, the DP2 OSVs are designed to have about 20,900 barrels of liquid mud carrying capability, 1,102m~2 of deck area and a fire-fighting class notation.
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