Two New Offshore Vessels for SeaHold Geoships
SeaHold Geoships Ltd, specialists in marine and subsea services, expands its fleet of multi purpose offshore vessels. The new vessels, Loch Erisort and Loch Roag, bring the fleet up to three, and also signify a USD 140 million in additional financial commitment. Chair Kenny Macleod says: “Our growing fleet enables us to focus more attention on the emerging offshore re- newable energy market, as well as improving our ability to support our offshore oil and gas customers.”
The new vessels are actively being promoted to the oil and gas market for long-term work. Specified as multi-purpose support vessels, they are capable of IRM, WROV support and general subsea duties and can be fitted with survey, ROV and diving equipment. These vessels are suitable for work in a variety of areas, including the North Sea, Mediterranean, West Africa and Asia Pacific.
Vik & Sandvik
The new vessels, which are both a Vik & Sandvik VS470 design, will be delivered in Quarter 1 2012 and Quarter 4 2012 respectively. The first VS470, Loch Erisort, which is of clean and comfort class has an overall length of 74 m, and is certified to accommodate up to 65 people in one and two man cabins. The second vessel which is certified to carry 60 POB, is slightly longer at 76m overall.
First Vessel
Earlier this year Geoships entered into an 18-month charter for its first vessel, a new multi-purpose offshore vessel called Stril Explorer, and also awarded exclusive service agreements to NCS Survey and Hallin Marine for the provision of Survey and ROV services respectively from this vessel.