Oct 28 2010
Farstad Shipping has announced that it has made a NOK335 million worth contract with Petrobras for offering its Far Scotia to function as Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) prop vessel in Brazil. Though the period of this charter is for five years, it can be extended to another five years.
Far Scotia is developed on UT 755 architecture and can hold up to 3,000 dead weight tonnes (dwt).Farstad Shipping has made an agreement with Fugro Brasil, which is a subsidiary of Fugro NV, for offering ROV services.
It was reported that Far Scotia will be deployed in the second half of next year after upgrading the vessel to meet the demands of the contract.
Source: http://www.farstad.no