Norway’s shipowner DDW Offshore AS, a subsidiary of Akastor ASA, has been awarded a six-month extension of the existing contract with Petrofac for the anchor handling vessel Skandi Emerald.
The extension means that the contract term now is extended to 14 July 2025.
To remind, Petrofac already extended the contract for Skandi Emerald in Australia in January 2024. The deal signed was until the year-end 2024.
At the time, DDW Offshore said that the vessel would be put to support the disconnection of the FPSO “Northern Endeavour” as well as to assist towing and well isolation work on the Laminaria Corallina oil fields in the West Timor Sea.
The companies announced the initial contract award on September 27, 2022. Initially, the contract was awarded to the AHTS vessel Skandi Atlantic in September 2022.
In January 30 this year, a new 9-month extension scheduled the replacement of the Skandi Atlantic with the Skandi Emerald in March 2024.
Following this latest contract extension, the total contract backlog for DDW Offshore’s fleet of three vessels now stands at approximately $38m.
