KfW IPEX-Bank will provide the offshore owner with $350m, which represents 50% of the financing before and after the delivery.

The two newbuildings were contracted in February 2014 and are due for delivery in February and July 2016.

German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gessellschaft (FSG) is building the two intervention vessels.

The shipyard was acquired by Siem Industries, the largest shareholder in Siem Offshore, in late September.

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