Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Charters Roundup – April 16, 2021

Recent awards for offshore vessel charters this past week are focused on the maintenance and supply segment supporting oil and gas activities and encompassing a broad swathe that includes Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East.

Volstad PSV to continue work in US Gulf of Mexico

Norwegian operator Volstad Maritime has been awarded a contract for the charter of the platform supply vessel (PSV) Volantis by subsea services provided DeepOcean.

Under the charter, the PSV will continue working for DeepOcean in the US Gulf of Mexico through 2021. Options are available to extend the charter to 2022.

Solstad tapped to support Shell’s activities in Brazil

Solstad Offshore has been awarded a long-term contract by Shell Brasil for the PSV Normand Starling to support the latter’s activities in Brazilian waters.

The awarded contract is firm for two years firm to April 2023 and commences in direct continuation of the current contract that the vessel has with Shell Brasil.

BW LNG secures FSRU charter in Philippines

Norway’s BW LNG and Filipino conglomerate First Gen, through subsidiary FGEN LNG, has entered into an agreement wherein the FSRU BW Paris will be chartered by the latter company for a firm period of five years.

The FSRU will operate as part of First Gen’s Interim Offshore LNG Terminal for the First Gen Clean Energy Complex in Batangas City 100 kilometres south of Manila. It will also supply LNG to small-scale vessels and trucks, which will then deliver the LNG to First Gen’s other clients in Luzon.

Ultra Deep Solutions DSCV contracted by Middle East customer

Ultra Deep Solutions (UDS) has been awarded another contract by an undisclosed EPC company in the Middle East.

The diving support construction vessel (DSCV) Picasso will be utilised for the contract. It will begin serving this new contract upon completion of its existing one on behalf of an unnamed customer in Saudi Arabia.

SeaBird Exploration vessels bag two new contract awards

SeaBird Exploration has secured a contract for the survey vessel Petrel Explorer to operate as an accommodation vessel for a wind farm maintenance campaign in the Baltic Sea. The contract, SeaBird’s first in the offshore wind market, will start in late April with an expected duration of four months.

The survey vessel Geo Barents, which the company initially had allocated to a contract announced in March 2021, will be employed directly by the ship-owner on a long-term contract outside of the seismic market. SeaBird has instead entered into a charter contract on similar terms as for Geo Barents for another third party vessel with similar capabilities.

In May, the third party vessel will start working for the company on the previously announced contract.