Far Solitaire (UT 754 WP) was delivered on Thursday 4 October from STX OSV Langsten to Farstad Supply AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Farstad Shipping ASA. The vessel will commence a term charter contract with Statoil with a firm period of 3 months and further 3 monthly options.
The long term finance of the vessel is arranged by Eksportkreditt Norge AS in cooperation with DNB Bank ASA, GIEK and Handelsbanken.
Farstad Shipping's fleet currently consists of 56 vessels (29 AHTS, 24 PSV and 3 SUBSEA) and 5 PSV and 4 AHTS under construction. The company's operations are managed from Aalesund, Aberdeen, Melbourne, Perth, Singapore, Macaé and Rio de Janeiro with a total of 2000 employees engaged onshore and offshore. The company's strategy is to be a leading quality provider of large, modern offshore service vessels to the oil industry. The company maintains a long-term charter profile for the fleet.
Source: Farstad Shipping.