The Oslo-headquartered ocean services provider DeepOcean has announced that it expands its service offering to the offshore renewables and oil and gas industries by entering into a time charter agreement for the multipurpose support vessel Glomar Supporter from the Netherlands-based Glomar Offshore B.V.
DeepOcean will utilise the Glomar Supporter to enhance its offering in survey, inspection and light IMR (inspection, maintenance and repair) markets to developers and operators of offshore wind farms and in the oil and gas sector.
The Glomar Supporter will join DeepOcean’s extensive vessel fleet in January 2026 with its first operations planned in Europe.
The full operations are scheduled to commence in the first quarter of 2026, following the completion of DeepOcean’s mobilisation of the vessel.
DeepOcean will mobilize one of its work-class ROVs (WROV) on the vessel. In addition, the company will consider mobilizing an observation-class ROV (OROV).
Built in 2009, the Glomar Supporter, underwent an extensive rebuild and refurbishment in 2021, the company said in its statement.
The 60-metre vessel is equipped with DP2 station keeping capabilities, a carrying capacity of around 1,395 tonnes DWT and a combined deck space of 497 square metres.
Øyvind Mikaelsen, CEO of DeepOcean, said “We already have a large fleet of offshore vessels, but we have actively been looking for smaller vessels that can provide an even more cost-effective offering, particularly in the offshore renewables space. We decided to seize the opportunity when we heard that the Glomar Supporter became available.”
Robin Mawhinney, managing director of DeepOcean UK, added: “Survey, inspection and IMR work are growing segments of the offshore market. We look forward to providing our clients with this additional vessel capacity and service offering in this market.”
