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FEBRUARY 2020 FLOATEL & PROSAFE ABANDON MERGER CONTENTS 3 OSV MARKET ROUND-UP ABOUT SEABROKERS GROUP 6 OSV AVAILABILITY, RATES & The Seabrokers Group was established in 1982. We provide a unique and varied range of services to UTILISATION - NORTH SEA clients. The Seabrokers Group has an experienced workforce within Shipbroking, Real Estate, Facili- 7 MONTHLY OSV SPOT RATES - ties Management, Construction, Sea Surveillance, Harbour Cranes and Safe Lifting Operations. NORTH SEA Our head office is located in Stavanger, but we also have offices in Aberdeen, Bergen and Rio de 8 SEAPORTAL FEATURE Janeiro. The Seabrokers Group is different – and we are 9 FEATURE VESSEL proud of this fact. Our information, experience and knowledge provide us with the ability to perform 10 OSV NEWBUILDINGS, CONVERSIONS, in our diverse business areas. SALE & PURCHASE Seabrokers Chartering AS and Seabrokers Ltd are certified by DNV GL in line with Management System Standard ISO 9001:2015. 11 SUBSEA 14 RENEWABLES 15 RIGS 16 CONUNDRUM CORNER & DUTY PHONES SHIPBROKING REAL ESTATE SECURALIFT FACILITY MANAGEMENT Production and Administration: Seabrokers Ltd, Aberdeen SEA SURVEILLANCE FOUNDATIONS For your free copy of Seabreeze, email: YACHTING HARBOUR CRANES [email protected] The Seabreeze Monthly Market Report OUR OFFICES: is distributed worldwide through STAVANGER BERGEN SKIEN our offices in Aberdeen, Stavanger and ABERDEEN RIO DE JANEIRO Rio de Janeiro. © Seabrokers Group 2020 www.seabrokers-group.com OSV MARKET ROUND-UP AHTS OWNERS EYEING PROSAFE & FLOATEL MERGER ABANDONED SPRING BOUNCE Floatel International and Prosafe fears that customers might face have decided to abandon the higher prices as a result of the It has been a tough start to intended merger between the merger. At the time, the UK’s the year for both owners and two companies, citing financial Competition Markets Authority charterers on the North Sea spot uncertainty and process risk. was in Phase 2 of the process. market. The winter weather has Had it gone through, the merger This followed the Norwegian wreaked havoc on the market for would have created the world’s Competition Authority’s earlier the first couple of months of the largest offshore accommodation decision in October 2019 to year. Frequent spells of stormy company. reject the proposed merger of weather have led to periods the companies due to similar where cargo runs and rig moves The two companies both advised concerns. have been continually shifted to that any near-term completion the right because of delays. of a merger was unlikely. In late Prosafe currently owns a January, competition authorities fleet of nine semisubmersible Some charterers have been in the UK found that blocking accommodation units with stung in the AHTS sector when the merger between Prosafe and another two newbuild rigs under favourable weather windows Floatel might be the only way construction, while Floatel owns haven’t actually remained to mitigate concerns related to five similar units. favourable for long enough to the lessening of competition and complete rig moves. This has led to some instances where spot requirements have been issued, QUARTERLY REFLECTION only for them to be cancelled (or chartered vessels off-hired) As the quarterly results season better utilisation, however even before the work could actually returns, a similar trend has with the modest improvement be completed. This meant there re-emerged from vessel owners. in rates and utilisation for the were spells where very few While trading conditions have AHTS fleet, the average earnings fixtures were awarded, and rates improved, especially for those are not sustainable.” Siem were sub GBP 10,000 / NOK in the North Sea, there is still a Offshore has identified positivity 120,000. painful debt burden for many within the large PSV sector, owners to overcome. noting that “demand for high- When the weather cleared there In its quarterly results analysis, end PSVs will increase... with was an uptick in the number DOF noted that the North Sea more requirements... than we of requirements, and trading market has “continued to prove have seen in previous years.” conditions were more favourable for owners in the latter stages of February. With several AHTS SEABROKERS LAUNCH SEAPORTAL vessels poised to depart the North Sea in the near future for Seabrokers are delighted to have communication and document project work in other regions, launched our revolutionary new management to the next level for local owners are expecting the vessel procurement software: the offshore industry. market to move more in their SeaPortal. SeaPortal is a next favour with spring just around generation application which Please see page 8 for an overview the corner. will take vessel chartering, of the features in SeaPortal. SEABREEZE 3 OSV MARKET ROUND-UP EQUINOR TAKES EIGHT Torsborg (pictured c/o O. Halland) Equinor has fixed up no fewer than eight PSVs on term charters as we move towards the peak spring/summer drilling season in Norway. The Havila Clipper, KL Brofjord, Saeborg, Stril Pioner, Torsborg, Troms Castor, Troms Pollux and Viking Queen have all been fixed up for a firm period of eight months with four further two- month options. The Havila Clipper, Stril Pioner and Viking Queen are already on hire to Equinor from previously charterers. The Troms Pollux While there are some other PSVs awarded term charters, while has recently been trading the concluding ‘winter’ contracts the KL Brofjord, Saeborg, North Sea spot market. All of the with Equinor over a similar time Torsborg and Troms Castor have eight vessels are scheduled to frame, Norwegian owners are recently been working on term commence their contracts with becoming more optimistic for contracts with other Norwegian Equinor in March or April. their pending summer season. HERMIT VESSELS SUPPORTING ISLAND INNOVATOR Two Hermitage Offshore PSVs first takes the rig on hire for will be providing support when a one-well plus two one-well the Island Innovator returns to options charter starting in the work offshore Norway in March/ spring. Thereafter, the vessels April for an estimated period of will continue to provide support 10 months. The Hermit Galaxy when the rig moves onto a one- and Hermit Horizon will be the well plus three one-well options Hermit Horizon (c/o L. Tucholski) support vessels when Capricorn contract with OMV Norway. MULTI-MILLION BP CONTRACT FOR VROON Vroon Offshore has secured a Sea and West of Shetland assets three-year contract extension until at least 2023. with BP with an estimated value The vessels in question are the of GBP 30 million (USD 38.3 2007-built Group B ERRVs VOS million). Discovery and VOS Innovator, The new agreement will see and the Group A ERRVs VOS four high-spec Vroon ERRVs Fairness (2014) and VOS Vigilant continuing to support BP’s North (2011). VOS Fairness 4 SEABREEZE OSV MARKET ROUND-UP DOUBLE PSV PAIR FOR PREMIER Normand Flipper (pictured c/o J. Bartels) Premier Oil has picked up two pairs of PSVs to support two separate drilling campaigns offshore the UK. Firstly, Premier has chartered the Rem Trader from Rem Offshore and the Standard Supplier from Fletcher Group/ Standard Drilling for a one-well programme. The vessels will be supporting Premier’s drilling operations with the Transocean Leader semisubmersible at the Solan field west of Shetland. The vessels will go on hire in March and are expected to be kept its upcoming drilling campaign with two one-well options. The occupied into the third quarter of with the Valaris JU-123. The development progamme at the the year. Skandi Caledonia and Normand Tolmount field will commence Flipper have been chartered in June 2020, with the four firm Meanwhile, Premier has also from DOF and Solstad Offshore wells estimated to take around picked up two PSVs to support for a firm period of four wells 400 days to complete. MAERSK DECOM LANDS FIRST COMPLETE P&A JOB Maersk Decom, a 50-50 joint The is the first project where venture between Maersk Supply Maersk Decom will provide an Service and Maersk Drilling, has end-to-end P&A solution under won a contract for the complete one contract, utilising a Maersk plugging and abandonment of Drilling rig and Maersk Supply Tullow Oil’s Banda and Tiof Service vessels. The offshore fields offshore Mauritania in execution phase of the project is West Africa. scheduled to start early in 2021. ALP SELECTED FOR MOZAMBIQUE PROJECT ALP Maritime Services has been Defender, Keeper, Striker and selected by TJJV (a joint venture Sweeper) will tow the 432m between TechnipFMC and Coral Sul FLNG vessel from JGC) to provide a spread of five South Korea, and two more AHT vessels for the Coral South 19,000 bhp ALP vessels will join project offshore Mozambique them in Mozambique to assist in East Africa. Three of ALP’s with the connection of twenty four FUTURE class vessels (ALP mooring lines to the FLNG unit. ALP Keeper (pictured c/o O. Halland) SEABREEZE 5 OSV RATES & UTILISATION FEBRUARY 2020 - DAILY NORTH SEA OSV AVAILABILITY PSV 2020 PSV 2019 AHTS 2020 AHTS 2019 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 RATES & UTILISATION NORTH SEA SPOT AVERAGE UTILISATION FEB 2020 TYPE FEB 2020 JAN 2020 DEC 2019 NOV 2019 OCT 2019 SEP 2019 MED PSV 63% 59% 66% 67% 62% 77% LARGE PSV 74% 65% 80% 68% 63% 78% MED AHTS 38% 13% 62% 51% 57% 66% LARGE AHTS 57% 36% 63% 62% 69% 61% NORTH SEA AVERAGE RATES FEB 2020 AVERAGE RATE AVERAGE RATE CATEGORY % CHANGE MINIMUM MAXIMUM FEB 2020 FEB 2019 SUPPLY DUTIES PSVS < 900M2 £6,308 £8,789 -28.23% £3,000 £15,000 SUPPLY DUTIES PSVS > 900M2 £8,014 £11,076 -27.65% £3,950 £12,495 AHTS DUTIES AHTS < 22,000 BHP £18,562 £14,899 +24.59% £5,500 £37,500 AHTS DUTIES AHTS > 22,000 BHP £16,901 £20,987 -19.47% £6,640 £44,818 SPOT MARKET ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES - FEBRUARY 2020 ARRIVALS - NORTH SEA SPOT DEPARTURES - NORTH SEA SPOT CARLO MARTELLO EX MEDITERRANEAN MAERSK CUTTER CANADA FARLAND EX AMERICAS PACIFIC DRAGON MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND VICTORY NEWBUILD LOKE VIKING EX RUSSIA MAERSK LASER EX SOUTH AMERICA * Vessels arriving in or departing from the North Sea term/layup market are not included here.