VLCC project completed

13th May 2016

The final highlight of 1.5 year work of SeaQuest new building supervision team at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), Gunsan production yard, was successfully accomplished with the delivery of the fourth and last VLCC to her Singaporean Owners.

As usual, our personnel has been working to ensure the best quality possible in the construction, proactively cooperating with yard project managers, workforce, subcontractors, class surveyors and Owners' technical department.

 

MR Product Carrier project completed

2nd Mar 2016

SPP, Dukpo plant, S.Korea: SeaQuest new building supervision team in SPP successfully completed another project with the delivery of the tenth in a row of MR Product Carriers.

SPP, a leading builder in the MR segment, carried out the project at their Goseong and Sacheon facilities, and these ships are at the leading edge in eco-ship design - high-spec, fuel-efficient models with strengthened hulls, increased cargo area, and in full compliance with many upcoming environmental regulations.

From negotiations with shipyards, concepts on drawing blocks, and actual steel cutting and finally delivery, SeaQuest had a crucial role in the project and focused on quality at all stages of construction, with full satisfaction of the Owners.

SeaQuest has now delivered 55 new buildings at SPP shipyards. The total number of ships in our new building records has reached 280.

 

Ten VLGCs project completed

25th Feb 2016

HSHI yard, Mokpo, S.Korea:  the last in a row of ten ECO VLGCs was successfully delivered to her owners.

SeaQuest succeeded in the challenging task to carry out the supervision of thirteen modern Eco VLGCs in two projects at DMSE and HSHI in S.Korea, ensuring the delivery all vessels in superb sailing and trading conditions in less than 20 months from the steel cutting of the first hull, with full satisfaction of the ship owning company.

The SeaQuest site team, guided by our Project Manager, reached up to over 20 multi-national newbuilding supervisors in peak periods, including the Site Manager, machinery, hull, paint inspectors, and experts in automation, LPG cargo containment and cryogenic systems, assisted by up to two secretaries.

SeaQuest has a track record of twenty VLGCs contracted for plan approval and construction supervision.

M/V Caravelle - late afternoon delivery

SeaQuest performance

4th Jan 2016

The year 2015 has seen a major downfall in the fortunes of all the major Korean Shipyards: economic downsizing, belt-tightening and cuts to manpower.

In this background of a gloomy international marine market for shipbuilding and offshore sector, SeaQuest was spectacularly successful in turning the tide for the company under the dynamic and proactive leadership of their MD, Jan Andersson, along with the Top Management, and achieved a remarkable performance by delivering over 30 complex ships of superb quality to customers satisfaction.

The total number of ships delivered by all the major shipyards in Korea was below 300 units, of which SeaQuest supervised and delivered abt. 10% of the best ships built in Korea: this is a matter of great pride and prestige for us and sets the challenge for SeaQuest team to perform even better under Jan’s stewardship in the years to come.

In 2015 SeaQuest had over 20 Site Offices open in HHI-Ulsan, HHI-Gunsan, HSHI, DSME, STX-Jinhae, STX-Goseong, SPP Gosung, SPP Sacheon, SPP Anjung, SPP Dukpo, Naikai, Imabari, DSIC Dalian and Waigaoqiao (SWS) shipyards, building sophisticated and diverse high technology ships like VLGC, VLCC, Tankers, Ro-Ro container vessels for prestigious clients. We ventured in the new field of MARS (Military Afloat Reach & Sustainability) Tankers for UK MoD and LSV (Logistics support Vessel) for Norway Defence Logistics Organization and are successfully following up the supervision of these vessels. SeaQuest is unique in managing both commercial and naval support ships.

SeaQuest’s sterling performance has been in achieving quality and safety, along with a sizeable turnover, with a multi-disciplinary professional team under watchful supervision and guidance of their “helmsman”.