Sea Trucks scoops West Africa work

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Sea Trucks scoops West Africa work

Sea Trucks Group (STG) is pleased to announce the award of an inspection, maintenance and repair contract for an Oil Major in West Africa with commencement during Q4 2016. STG will use its multipurpose support DP2 vessel the Jascon 55, a construction barge and a spread of its own conventional vessels for the works.
Graeme Pennycook, Sea Trucks Group’s Managing Director, commented: “We are delighted that, in the present difficult market, Sea Trucks has been awarded this significant contract. This award demonstrates our ability to offer clients a tailored project solution based around the client’s requirement and utilisation of our unique marine assets. In these difficult times we remain competitive and responsive and our wide fleet makes us an ideal partner for miscellaneous survey inspection and intervention works.”

About Sea Trucks Group

Sea Trucks Group is an international group of companies offering offshore installation, accommodation and support services to the Oil & Gas industry worldwide, employing a multi-national workforce.

They have been providing marine services to all major oil and construction companies in West Africa since the late 1970’s and currently services clients around the world in shallow and deep-water projects with subsea construction and SURF solutions to accommodation hook-up and fabrication activities.

Sea Trucks Group has offices in Nigeria, Angola, United Arab Emirates, The Netherlands and Australia. It owns and operates a versatile fleet of over 180 vessels and barges, five of which are multi-purpose DP3 offshore installation vessels. In addition Sea Trucks Group owns and operates supply base and fabrication facilities in Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates.

With its indigenous operating company, West African Ventures (WAV), the group offers significant local content when executing subsea pipe lay, fabrication, installation, construction and marine transportation projects in Nigeria.

The fleet’s versatility allows Sea Trucks to cross over traditional market sector boundaries and offers the following range of services:

Offshore accommodation services
Rigid pipelay installation services
Offshore construction services
SURF installation services
Marine support services

Sea Trucks Group operates a large and diversified fleet of marine support vessels in West Africa, supported by in-house repair facilities and plant line services in Nigeria.

Source: www.seatrucksgroup.com

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