AHTS Far Sirius has Thursday 3 April been delivered from Vard Langsten to Farstad Supply AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Farstad Shipping ASA, the company said in its press release. The vessel will trade the spot market in the North Sea. The long-term financing of the vessel is arranged by Eksportkreditt Norge AS in cooperation with GIEK and Sparebank 1 SMN.
Farstad Shipping's fleet currently consists of 60 vessels (32 AHTS, 25 PSV and 3 SUBSEA) and 2 PSV and 2 SUBSEA under construction. The company's operations are managed from Aalesund, Aberdeen, Melbourne, Perth, Singapore, Macaé and Rio de Janeiro with a total of 2200 employees engaged onshore and offshore. The company's strategy is to be a leading quality provider of large, modern offshore service vessels to the oil industry. The company maintains a long-term charter profile for the fleet.