The change for the 285-bp Boa Bison (built 2014) was made to establish itself as a "reliable and attractive player in the AHTS market, sustain our trainee program and ultimately save cost."
Norway has incentives in place for domestically registered ships.
Boa said: "One precondition of the reimbursement scheme is for companies to have a proven traineeship arrangement. Hence, we will continue our focus on trainees and even scale up the current amount of trainees employed."
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