Is this a good time to acquire OSVs? Maersk Supply is selling two AHTS, but for use in other markets: [image] Maersk Supply Service sells AHTS pair - Citing poor market conditions, Maersk Supply Services says it has divested two of its older assets, anchor handling and tug supply vessel…

non of that works, supposed smart companies still get sucked in and go for cheap builds and always regret it Fredrickson, Deep Sea Supply built a few AHTS in Singapore, they all had a school boy error in the basic design of the engine, gearbox, shaft gen mounting design so as they hogged and sagged…

flat top barge with a portacabin on top, lol

[image] powerabout: Deep Sea Supply built a few AHTS in Singapore, Yes they built 3 AHTS at then Jaya Shipyard back in 2011-13, if I remember right. I attended the naming ceremony for at least two of them. They were of KHIAM CHUANG Q486 design with 15000 Bhp. 180 m.t. BP. PS> If your buddy…

(Kum Chum, what a joke, must be all school kids?) lol I went to one naming ceremony, we might have met? It was the one where they had to the previous vessel alongside that should have been named but JF rejected it. It had a blown up gearbox, as normal in Singapore they left it out in the rain du…

yes OZ is bad, I worked for an American OIM that joked the AB’s earnt more than him.

Lots of Aussies mariners that work outside Oz don’t want to work at home because of the problems caused by MUA. PS> I have done Off-Hire surveys on quite a number boats that return to Singapore after some months in Oz and can attest to what sporks said. (Well known in Offshore circles)

[image] powerabout: None of them were actually DP2 as they were full of single faults. So who did the FMEA and signed it? PS> Solstad, who merged with Deep Sea Supply, has cancelled the Bareboat Charter on the three vessels in question: [image] Solstad terminates bareboat charters w…

as i said JF was smart in the days when you could run a weld on a plate and get a keel lay date so he did hence the vessels were built years after their build dates. I think FMEA came in July 2008 in all classes This allow them all to be built before the FMEA became compulsory for your DP class A…

Bridgewater Offshore buys two more Posh Terasea anchor handlers [image] Kim Heng’s Bridgewater Offshore buys two more Posh Terasea anchor handlers - Singapore’s Kim Heng Offshore & Marine continues to grow its offshore fleet at pace, returning to snap up two more vessels from the Posh Ter…

[image] Battery / Diesel Hybrid OSV DC grid are now the norm on newer hybrid vessels.to avoid that step. This is not true in that the generators are still AC and output is converted to DC at the switchboard before going on the DC bus. The “savings” come in being able to run the generators at m…

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