arrived in Aberdeen on 22 March 2010. Grampian Endurance was built by Astilleros Balenciaga as well as Grampian
Confidence.
Craig Group division, North Star
Shipping, a leading provider of offshore support, ROV survey and emergency response and rescue vessels, secured the ten-year contract for Grampian Endurance on the Alba and Britannia fields in the North Sea also for Chevron and Britannia Operator Limited. Te IMT 960-designed vessel is 60m loa
with a 16m beam. She is equipped with two daughter craſt and one fast rescue craſt and has tanker assist capabilities with a 200tonnes towing winch and a bollard pull of 100tonnes. She is classed as Fire-Fighting 1 (FiFi1). Grampian Endurance is registered in Aberdeen and has created employment
for around 30 seafarers. North Star managing director, Callum
Bruce, said: “We are very proud to take delivery of Grampian Endurance – a multi-role vessel with the ability to provide emergency response and rescue for more than one installation as well as having daughter craſt, fire-fighting and tanker assist capabilities. Tis state of the art vessel combined with our experience and track-record will provide Chevron and Britannia with the safest, most modern and high quality service.” North Star named the vessel Grampian
Endurance in honour of Alexander Macklin, the surgeon on board Sir Ernest Shackleton’s legendary Endurance expedition in 1914. In one of the greatest tales of survival, the Antarctic expedition floundered in ice and the crew survived on Elephant Island while Shackleton
began an extraordinary journey to seek help. Alexander Macklin was the father of Dick Macklin, a senior marine specialist with Chevron. Craig Group managing director,
Douglas Craig, concluded: “In 2001, we took the bold step of speculatively building two multi-purpose supply and ROV survey vessels the Grampian
Surveyor and Grampian Explorer initially
for international waters. Since then our confidence in the market and our ability to secure long-term charters for our new-builds has grown and our investment now stands at £130 million. This investment illustrates our commitment to the offshore sector both at home and internationally and secures our position of market leader in the provision of safe, modern, high quality vessels that meet our customers’ expectations.” OMT
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