Project Owner: Teekay Holdings Australia Pty Ltd
Project Value: n/a
Project Status: In Progress
Location: TAS, Australia

In May 2009, the Australia Government allocated $120 million for a new ocean - going research vessel to replace the present CSIRO Marine National Facility Research Vessel Southern Surveyor. Teekay Holdings Australia Pty Ltd was awarded the contract in January 2011 to design, build and commission the new vessel.

The vessel is being designed by RALion (Robert Allan Ltd and Alion Science and Technology) from USA and Canada and is to be built by Sembawang Shipyard Pte. Ltd. at Singapore. Teekay who are the principle contractor will be managing the design, build and commissioning.

Teekay Shipping (Australia) Pty Ltd. (TKA) is a wholly subsidiary of Teekay Holdings Australia. TKA with its long-standing commitment to providing exceptional Marine Services to the energy and resource companies throughout Australasia, has earned a reputation for handling the most complex shipping challenges safely, on time and on budget.

From the Australian Office TKA carries out the following operations:

• Safety and emergency response support
• Total Ship Management for owned and third party owned vessels
• Commercial management for third party owners
• Crew management for owned and third party owners
• Vessel construction supervision
• Vessel inspections
• Industrial relations management
• Offshore services
• Provides docking and build supervision services to a range of Australian and International customers
• Project Management for TKA, third parties and the Australian Defence Industry
• Ship Agency work
• Business development for TKA
• Logistic Support
• Port infrastructure assessments

Teekay is committed to maximise local content in the new vessel and are seeking registration of interest from capable and competitive marine manufacturers. Companies that can provide specific capabilities are encouraged to register for the project. Please do not register if you are a reseller of consumables or equipment.

Sembawang Shipyard Pte.Ltd. Singapore, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine Ltd, has one of the largest integrated shipbuilding and ship repair facilities in Southeast Asia. The shipyard's world-class reputation is based on the company's commitment to high quality standards, Health, Safety and Environment standards, timely delivery, superior customer service and innovative solutions.  Sembawang Shipyard is an international brand name for its one-stop superior customer service to major shipowners in the repairs of passenger ship conversion / upgrading, tankers, bulk carriers and containers, liquefied gas carriers and navy ships.

RAlion is a joint venture of Robert Allan Ltd. (http://www.ral.ca/) of Vancouver, BC and Alion Science and Technology (www.alionscience.com) with offices throughout the United States and in Canada. RAlion was formed in 2009 to capitalize on the synergy of the companies' collective talents and to provide design and engineering support for major maritime projects throughout the global market. This new contract is the second major ships design contract awarded to the joint venture in the last 4 months. The other is a contract to design a new class of Offshore fisheries research vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard. The joint venture partners have provided  innovative engineering support in the development of all of the major oceanographic ships in the United States over the last 20 years and have industry leading experience in all areas of oceanographic and research vessel design, including scientific sonar performance, ICES 209 low environmental radiated noise, laboratory and working deck layouts, overside handling systems and dynamic positioning.

 

To register for the Research Vessel Project please click the registration button on the top left hand side of this page.

For enquiries please email tony.fielding@teekay.com