The offshore owner, controlled by Sweden’sRederi AB Transatlantic (RABT), said that the “evaluation of a possible sale ofthe PSV fleet has not been concluded.”

It had also been in talks over a bareboatcharter for two anchor-handlers, but was unable to get this over the finishingline either.

But Viking has managed to declare purchaseoptions on its chartered-in supply ships SBS Typhoon (3,700-dwt, built 2006) andthe 3,800-dwt Freyja Viking (built 2007), which will be bought in mid-May andearly October respectively.

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