TAS Terminates Shipbuilding Deals for 16 Offshore Vessels

OE Staff
Friday, July 24, 2020

Malaysian offshore vessel operator TAS Offshore has canceled shipbuilding contracts for 16 offshore support vessels.

The company had signed the contracts in the 2013-2015 period with two Chinese shipbuilders Guangzhou Hangtong Shipbuilding and Shipping Co. Ltd. (“HangTong”) and Jiangmen Hangtong Shipbuilding Co.

The contracts were for 16 offshore support vessels with values ranging from $10.38 million to $39.38 million per vessel.

The vessels had initially been slated for delivery between 2014 to 2017, but the subsequent oil rout and a drop in demand for offshore vessels led to agreements to defer the deliveries and suspend the shipbuilding works.

With another oil crisis currently underway, and the COVID-10 pandemic, the parties have now mutually agreed to terminate all the contracts, and TAS will not be refunded for any installments paid so far.

TAS Iffgsire said that that the reason for termination was the low oil price, which has led in a decrease in demand of the offshore support vessels and adversely affected the sale of this type of vessel.

The company, established in 2008, said it expected losses from the termination agreement to be RM70 million ($16,4 million).

Categories: Offshore Energy Vessels Industry News Activity China Malaysia

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