Rolls-Royce wins anchor handling contract

14th Jul 2011 08:05

The contracts continue to roll in at Rolls-Royce, the engine developer, with the latest one being for deep water anchor handling vessels currently being built in Singapore.The contract is for £50m and has been awarded by Swire Pacific Offshore. Rolls-Royce will supply advanced anchor handling systems for the vessels.The systems are developed for the safer handling of large anchors on deck, suchas the torpedo anchors used in the deep water oil and gas fields off the coastof Brazil.Rolls-Royce will supply a complete deck machinery system to each of the four vessels, which are being built at the ST Marine Singapore shipyard. At theheart of the system is a low-pressure hydraulic winch for anchor handling andtowing, with a pulling capacity of 500 tons, the company said. --jh