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13 May 2015

Siem Sells “Siem Sasha”

Norwegian company Siem Offshore has sold the platform supply vessel (PSV) “Siem Sasha”. It has delayed delivery of four of the nine platform support vessel (PSV) newbuildings it has under construction in Poland. The Oslo-listed company did not reveal financial details of the sale nor the client, but said the agreement was made at market terms. Siem Sasha is designed to carry out regular supply functions and cargo transport for the oil industry as well as Standby functions. The PSV was built in 2005. It is of VS 470 MK II design, 73, 4 meters long vessel and can accommodate 34 persons. The vessel had worked on a one-year contract for Nigeria’s Marine Platforms Limited since December 2013. This is Siem’s second vessel sale in the space of a month.

10 Sep 2014

Nigeria Cadets Train at Havyard Shipyard, Norway

Havyard inform that Marine Platforms Limited, which will soon be taking over a ship from the Norway-based shipbuider, has sent five of its cadets to Havyard as part of their training programme. In April 2013 Marine Platforms ordered a Havyard 857 Subsea ship from Havyard and will take delivery of the vessel from Havyard's shipyard in Leirvik in Sogn this November. A group of young Nigerian cadets who will be serving their apprenticeships on board the 'African Inspiration' have spent three weeks at Havyard to get them even better prepared for their time on board. Taofik Adegbite, the founder and CEO of Marine Platforms, said: "Success or failure in business primarily depends on critical decisions made at different times.

02 May 2013

Havyard Orders MacGregor Cranes

MacGregor offshore cranes have a proven track record of delivering reliable performance

Two MacGregor cranes will feature on a new subsea IMR vessel being built by Havyard in Norway for diverse deepwater operations off the west coast of Africa. In April, MacGregor, part of Cargotec, signed an order with Norwegian shipyard, Havyard Ship Technology AS, for two MacGregor offshore cranes. Both will be installed on a new Havyard 857 subsea inspection maintenance and repair (IMR) vessel being built for Nigerian offshore oil and gas company, Marine Platforms Limited (MPL). MPL is headquartered in Lagos and specializes in a wide range of deepwater operations.