The Norwegian shipyard will piece together the ST-216 Arcticdesign developed by Skipteknisk at its Sandnes yard by November 2015, it saidtoday in a statement.

No price was placed on the contract for the 92 metre shipwhich is designed for harsh environments and will be ice classed.

GulfMark has taken delivery of two similar 4,700-dwt vessels from Simek recently.

The US firm paid $60m for the North Cruys which hit the water in February, according to Clarksons.

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