Feature 2 | SUPPORT VESSELS
Craig Group welcomes support vessels for Chevron
Te Scotland based energy services provider has invested in two newbuild offshore support vessels for Chevron and Britannia Operator Limited- marking continued expansion for the firm’s North Star Shipping subsidiary.
launched in 2010. It is understood that when delivered this vessel will create 30 jobs for officers and crew in the North Sea. Grampian Confidence was built by shipyard Balenciaga based in the Basque Country. As an NSS-IMT 948-designed
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emergency response and rescue vessel
(ERRV), Grampian Confidence is
equipped with two daughter craſt and one fast rescue craſt. Te vessel is part of an ongoing investment programme, worth £130 million (US$194 million) by global shipping and energy services firm Te Craig Group that began in 2003. So far the expansion and ongoing
modernisation of the fleet has delivered 12 vessels, ERRVs, platform supply vessels (PSVs) and a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) survey vessel. She is the eighth vessel of this class
launched and joins the fleet to support operations with CNR International at the Ninian Complex in the East Shetland basin in April 2010. Taking over from Grampian Crusader,
currently maintaining operations at Ninian, Grampian Confidence is an identical sister ship to the Grampian
Corsair, Grampian Contender and
Grampian Courageous, all of which have secured long-term contracts in the North Sea. North Star Shipping managing director,
Callum Bruce, said: “We are delighted that Grampian Confidence will continue the work on the Ninian complex which North Star has supported since the early 1990’s. Te vessel’s completion marks the continuation of our extremely successful investment programme which began in 2003. Emergency response and rescue vessels are an absolutely essential part
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Grampian Endurance during handover. Left to right – Derek Birse, Britannia operator, Dick Macklin, senior marine expert – Chevron Upstream Europe and Callum Bruce, managing director of North Star Shipping (Credit: Craig Group Ltd).
of the industry’s oil and gas exploration and production operations in the North Sea. We are constantly looking at ways of modernising our fleet through new builds using the most up to date vessel technology and designs.” Leading providers of emergency
response and rescue, supply and ROV survey vessels, North Star Shipping aims to deliver the most efficient, modern and cost-effective services for customers operating in the North Sea and internationally. Te Craig Group-owned fleet, which
is operated and managed by North Star Shipping, is the largest British wholly owned fleet engaged in the UK offshore industry. Te fleet comprises of offshore support, ROV survey and emergency response and rescue vessels active in the UKCS.
Emergency response and rescue vessels
have advanced greatly and today provide frontline cover for thousands of workers in one of the harshest environments in the world and are essential where the mass evacuation of an installation is required. However, they also provide other vital services, such as anti-collision surveillance, pollution control, and emergency towage and tanker assist duties. Global shipping and energy services firm, Te Craig Group, officially handed over Grampian Confidence in March 2010 to Chevron and Britannia Operator Limited.
Endurance
Grampian Endurance is the twelfth offshore support vessel in Craig Group’s £130 million fleet investment programme. The £12 million ERRV
Offshore Marine Technology 2nd Quarter 2010
rampian Confidence was the
first offshore support vessel for North Star Shipping to be
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