According to company officials, it is looking to hire up to 11 80-tonne bollard pull (tbp) anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels and seven 3,000-dwt platform supply vessels (PSVs) on five-year contracts to assist its ongoing exploration-and-production (E&P) work on the east coast and west coast.

All the ships are expected to be equipped with dynamic-positioning one (DP 1) and firefighting (FiFi) facilities.

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