Thursday 12 April 2018

Puncak Niaga sells DLB 264 for RM12.8m

Puncak Niaga Holdings Bhd is disposing of a 52-year-old idle vessel and open yard items owned by its wholly-owned sub-subsidiary for US$3.31 million (RM12.78 million).

The disposal, to Singapore-based ship trading company SOMAP International Pte Ltd, would allow Puncak Niaga to focus on its existing core businesses, the group said in a filing.

The businesses include water and wastewater, sewage, environmental engineering and construction, as well as oil palm plantation.

The pipe lay barge DLB264 was built by NV Rotterdamsche Drydock, Netherlands in 1966 for American Bureau of Shipping. It is presently registered under the Malaysian flag, with Puncak Niaga’s sub-subsidiary KGL Ltd as its owner.

KGL’s principal activity is in the offshore leasing of the vessel on a time-charter basis. However, the vessel has remained unutilised for several years, due to the downturn in the oil and gas industry.