Maritime Communication Partner (MCP) has agreed a contract with leading subsea services company DeepOcean to provide state-of-the-art online and mobile communications for a newbuild MT6022 offshore vessel.
The vessel, built by Kleven and to be chartered from REM Maritime AS, will provide Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) services for all Statoil operated fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). This five-year IMR agreement, commencing in Q1 2014, is worth more than NOK 1.5billion (USD 253million).
MCP’s role will be to keep DeepOcean and Statoil connected. The Telenor-owned business, an established leader in the mobile communications at sea market, will provide the new vessel with high bandwidth online services and mobile network coverage.
This will facilitate the seamless transfer of large quantities of data between the vessel and DeepOcean and Statoil’s onshore operations, while providing excellent internet/Wi-Fi and mobile connections for crewmembers.
DeepOcean’s contract with Statoil includes a further three-year option, pushing its potential value close to NOK 2.5billion (USD 421million). MCP’s system will be installed upon the 108m long, 22m wide offshore construction vessel (to be named REM Ocean) upon completion at Kleven’s yard in Ulsteinvik, Norway.
The cutting-edge ship is equipped with a 150-ton offshore crane and features two work ROVs and one observation class ROV.
MCP, November 28, 2013