Tuesday, November 25, 2014

FERRY FOR WA GAS PROJECT


The Estonian cruise ferry, Silja Europa , above , has been chartered for 12 months under a contract worth  $105 million  to provide  accommodation for  up to 1200 additional workers at  Chevron's US$54billion Gorgon LNG project on Barrow Island. The vessel normally runs regular leisure cruises between Finland and Estonia. It will house  construction workers, catering  and cleaning staff  and local hired crew . The project is expected to go  into  production  late  next  year.