Siem Offshore has been awarded two contracts for operation in the North Sea, and off Australia.
Image of the MV Siem Marlin, from Siem. |
Contractors GmbH (SOC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siem Offshore has been awarded a contract for the provision of a walk-to-work (W2W) service operations vessel (SOV) by Ocean Breeze Energy GmbH & Co. KG (OBE) for the Bard Offshore 1 wind farm within the German Bight sector of the North Sea.
The contract will involve the deployment of the MV Siem Marlin followed by the MV Siddis Mariner in W2W mode. The firm charter period is 700 days that comes with options to extend the charter period by up to three additional years.
The charter follows the previous assignment of the MV Siem Emerald and MV Siem Moxie during the past year, whereby both vessels also served as dedicated W2W SOVs.
Off Austrailia, Siem Offshore Australia has been awarded a charter
contract for the Siem Topaz anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel with Woodside Energy.
Commencement is expected to be in May 2016, the firm period is for 18 months plus options.