DeepOcean has charted a multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV) under a two-year agreement to strengthen its offering to the offshore renewables industry.
Ocean services provider is chartering the Olympic Ares (pictured) from Fosnavaag-based shipowner Olympic Subsea.
The vessel is a modern construction support vessel equipped with a 250 Te crane and will provide subsea inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR), light construction and recycling services to DeepOcean’s customers in the offshore renewables industry.
DeepOcean chief executive Øyvind Mikaelsen said: “Operators of offshore wind farms and oil and gas assets approach DeepOcean because they know we have a 300-strong engineering hub with extensive experience from planning subsea inspection, maintenance and repair operations.
“The vessels we charter are necessary platforms to execute the work. Adding Olympic Ares to our fleet allows us to further enhance our capacity within this field.”
The charter contract will commence in the first quarter of 2023 and have a firm hire period until the end of 2024, with option to extend the contract.
Moreover, Olympic will upgrade the vessel’s DP system during 2023.
This will optimize DP performance and energy efficiency which enables further reduction of the vessel’s carbon footprint in line with DeepOcean CO2 emission reduction strategy.
The Olympic Ares will be equipped with 2 x Schilling HD ROVs together with DeepOcean’s dedicated infrastructure.