Solstad Offshore has signed a long term charter for one of their PSVs in Oz:
Norway’s Solstad Offshore has been awarded a long-term contract for 2012-built platform supply vessel with a major international company. The vessel has been contracted for a period of five years, commencing in the fourth quarter of 2020, to support...
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October 2, 2020, 9:06pm
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Solstad seem to be quite shrewd operators, they seem to always be in the news picking up good deals for their boats.
You tend to find that the companies that actually know how to run their boats properly gets lots of jobs.
Maybe because they have good and top modern boats to offer?
Well run operation by people who have themselves been on the boats, not accountants and finance people. (Not that there aren’t some of those as well, but they are not involved in Operation)
OSV market outlook for 2021 looks bleak in the short term
Limited visibility and volatility have made planning for 2021 difficult and there is little by way of longer term clarity, writes Gregory Brown, associate director – offshore at Maritime Strategies International The impact of COVID-19 on the oil...
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Is worldwide OSV market on the mend??:
The tide has turned for the offshore support vessel (OSV) sector, with good visibility in the market going forward, according to Fearnley Offshore Supply’s latest report. The Norwegian shipbroker said that there seems to be optimism brewing around in...
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Coming to a Gulf near you:
The SIEM SPEARFISH – photo : George Saunders ©
The Company is very pleased to see the reaffirmed trust placed by a key client within the subsea construction segment, which underlines the Company’s reputation for trust in performance of high end vessels. Siem Offshore has entered into a contract for an offshore project in GoM, with an undisclosed subsea construction company. The project will utilize the OSCV SIEM SPEARFISH for a scope of work consisting of Subsea and ROV duties, under a minimum duration of 110 days, plus options.Siem Spearfish will commence its new charter in direct continuation of its current commitment in West Africa, and will as such secure utilization at least into the fourth quarter of 2021. Siem Offshore has a long track record in the windfarm market, and with a modern fleet of vessels, we are well equipped to assure our clients in the offshore renewable industry first class service, specific to their needs. We assist in several operations: walk to work- gangways on offshore wind installations; trenching and ploughing for power cable laying; field support on off shore wind installations; 5 year field experience. Completed transfer of over 200 000 people.
Looks to me like a few jobs are appearing.
Latest bragging from Harvey Gulf:
Don’t know if their clients and competitors agrees. (??)
Marine Executive apparently have some reservations:
One of their “State of the Art” PSVs?:
Sending decent boats to Oz is like giving a donkey a strawberry surely? They’ll wreck it.
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Who ever Harvey was he wasn’t a leader of aesthetic design.