Transas Group has won in a bidding process held by the Croatia based Uljanik Brodogradilište Shipyard, and has received approval from the customer Jan De Nul Group, to supply navigation equipment for a multipurpose ship (Hull No NB507), the company said in a press release.
The 10,500DWT, 138-meter-long vessel was designed for trenching and offshore support, as well as for subsea rock installation and cable laying.
The package supplied by Transas includes the GMDSS radio communication equipment, a radar, ECDIS, a log, an echo sounder and other navigation systems.
Under the contract terms Transas is to supply all the equipment for the ship outfitting no later than October 2014 with following installation and pre-commissioning. The ship construction will be supervised by Germanischer Lloyd SE.
St. Petersburg-headquartered Transas Group, founded in 1990, is now a leading developer and supplier of software, integrated solutions and hardware technologies for the aviation and marine transportation industry, including both onboard and shore-based applications. The company supplies its products though its offices based in 110 countries and workforce of 1500 people.
Luxembourg headquartered Jan De Nul Group provides services in the international market of construction and operation of marine infrastructure. The Group specializes primarily in dredging and in civil construction and development of environment protection technologies.
Pula, Croatia, based Brodogradilište Uljanik Shipyard was founded in 1856 and is now part of the Uljanik Group.