Maersk Supply Service wins four contracts
SHIPPING: Maersk Supply Service has won four major contracts worth about DKK 1.5 billion with the major Brazilian oil company Petrobras and American oil major ExxonMobil for operation in Australia.
“We are very pleased with having won these contracts in very tough tendering processes. We have been working with Petrobras for more than 25 years in ever increasing water depths with currently 17 vessels on charter to them and look forward to continue the deepwater-journey together”, says Carsten Plougmann Andersen, CEO of Maersk Supply Service.
The two Danish anchor handling tug supply vessels Maersk Blazer and Maersk Boulder have each won four-year extensions of current contracts with Petrobras, from February 2012. The vessels have been working for Petrobras since 2007 and 1999 respectively and mainly perform deep water operations with conventional and torpedo anchors.
Two contracts have also been concluded with American oil major ExxonMobil, for minimum two years each for the Danish flagged platform supply vessels Maersk Nomasand Maersk Nexus. The Maersk Nomad contract includes significant modifications including fitting a 125-tonne crane on the vessel to enable her to support subsea operations in the Jansz field on the North West shelf. Maersk Nexus is already in Australia on contract and Maersk Nomad will be delivered to Exxon in April 2012. Australia is a growing market and Maersk Supply Service aim to expand their market share in the region.
Source: Maersk Supply Service / maritimedanmark.dk
