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The MPP vessel »HHL Richards Bay«, owned by Hansa Heavy Lift (HHL), has transported two dozen reels and a range of subsea equipment for the Jangkrik Complex Project, off the coast of Indonesia.| According to the German shipping company the »HHLA Richards Bay« picked up the cargo in three different ports: Rosyth, UK; Le Trait, France and Tanjung Langsat, Malaysia. The vessels discharged the reels and subsea equipment in Balikpapan, Indonesia onto the offshore vessel »Viking Neptun«, in five mobilisations. Two more offshore vessels, the »Seismic Supporter« and the »Deep Orient«, were used to load and offload some of the equipment from »HHL Richards Bay«. http://www.hansa-online.de/hhl-transports-reels-and-subsea-equipment-to-indonesia/?p=61523

HHL Richards Bay, formerly known as the Beluga London, joins the seven other so-called P2-Class ships currently in active service with HANSA HEAVY LIFT. The company says that it will take delivery of her sister ships: HHL New York in December, and HHL Kobe in March 2012. With the delivery of HHL Kobe, the shipping line's fleet will total 21 ships including 10 P2-Class vessels with an average age of less than two years. More at http://www.heavyliftpfi.com/content/NewsItem.aspx?id=3559

The "Beluga London" which is still at anchor off Richard's Bay having come from Cape Town actually has to use the main engine due to a lack of diesel fuel for the generators. odin.tc