V.Ships Offshore awarded Saipem contract for ship management contract of Total’s Kaombo FPSOs
V.Ships Offshore, part of V.Group, has been awarded the contract from Saipem to provide ship management services for sea trial, transit and hook up assistance of Total’s Kaombo Norte and Kaombo Sul FPSOs. The vessels are currently being converted by Saipem in the Sembawang Shipyard in Singapore, the company said in its press release.
The high spec FPSOs are acknowledged to be among the most ambitious projects being executed in the energy market. The Kaombo Norte is in the final state of construction and will soon begin sea trials before heading to the Kaombo oil field in Angola. Kaombo Sul will follow later.
V.Group is the leading global marine and offshore vessel management and support services provider, with 3,000 personnel based across 70 offices globally, supporting over 40,000 personnel in marine and offshore roles.
V.Ships Offshore offers the broadest range of offshore services in the marine market with an extensive portfolio of offshore vessels under management. This includes platform supply vessels, dive support vessels, pipe layers, DP shuttle tankers, floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units, drill ships, subsea construction vessels and offshore accommodation vessels and barges across global offshore regions.
