Siemens Sticks With Acergy Viking

Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore has been awarded another contract with Siemens Wind Power for the service operation vessel Acergy Viking.

The Acergy Viking will commence a new six-month contract plus options for Siemens Wind Power in the German offshore wind sector in June 2017.

The two companies signed the first charter agreement for the Acergy Viking in February 2016.

The vessel’s nine-month charter started in August 2016. Prior to the start of the first charter, the vessel undertook a short mobilization which included the installation of an offshore gangway system.

Siemens deployed Acergy Viking to serve as a combined hotel and transfer vessel during the commissioning of the wind turbines at the 288MW Sandbank offshore wind farm which is expected to be fully commissioned in the spring of 2017.

“The new contract awarded to the Acergy Viking could not have happened without the excellent operational performance on existing contract for Siemens. We look forward to work together with our client on yet another project,” said Eidesvik Offshore’s CEO Jan Fredrik Meling.

In June 2016, Siemens chartered another of Eidesvik’s vessels, Viking Poseidon, for its operations off Germany.