Normand Falnes [Photo: Solstad Offshore]
Skudeneshavn, Norway, headquartered Solstad Offshore ASA stories that it has entered right into a long-term contract for the battery-hybrid PSV Normand Falnes with TotalEnergies UK. The contract, which will probably be for 5 years agency plus choices, is among the first long-term contracts awarded within the U.K. North Sea for a battery-hybrid put in PSV. The vessel will probably be utilized by TotalEnergies UK to help its U.K. North Sea belongings and the contract will begin throughout November 2022.
Solstad Offshore has been upgrading a number of vessels to battery-hybrid operation below a three-year program introduced final yr.
“We are pleased to have entered into this long-term contract with TotalEnergies UK and especially introducing battery-hybrid solutions to the U.K.-market to reduce fuel consumption and emissions” says Kenneth Lande, EVP and head of worldwide AHTS & PSV section at Solstad Offshore.
Delivered in 2011, Normand Falnes is an 85 meter lengthy DP2 VS 485 design platform provide vessel constructed by the Kleven Maritime shipyard.
