Sembawang Shipyard has been awarded a contract by Teekay Shipping for the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPCC) of a dynamically positioned blue water research vessel. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) will operate the vessel on behalf of the Australian Government for use by the Australian marine research community. The vessel will be named RV Investigator and based in Tasmania when it is completed and delivered in 2013.
