Veripos for ER Offshore
Veripos has extended its long-term working agreement with Hamburg-based ship management organisation, ER Offshore. The agreement, which has been in place since early 2008, covers the provision of a wide variety of globally available precise positioning services. They are delivered via Veripos LD2 fully integrated hardware platforms utilising Verify DP, a state-of-the-art graphical user interface.
Veripos currently provides high-accuracy services and support facilities for six of ER Offshore’s UT755 LN Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs). Designed to transport supplies to drill sites and production facilities, the vessels have been operating on behalf of leading exploration and production companies in Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea.
Veripos has now been contracted by ER Offshore to provide identical high-precision GNSS positioning services, equipment and software for a further two new DP2 UT776 PSVs and a series of six new DP2 anchor-handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels, the first of which, ER Vittoria, is due to begin service at the end of this year. The remainder of the fleet is expected to be commissioned throughout 2010 and 2011.
David Stephen, Manager of DP Projects for Veripos commented: “We are delighted with these further awards from ER Offshore which strengthens our working relationship and demonstrates the confidence they have in the quality of our services and support.”
Ian Perrott, Managing Director of ER Offshore commented: “We looked hard at what we required on both our existing and future vessels. From our experience of working with Verios to date, we felt that the best service and option for us was to remain with the company. We are therefore pleased to have strengthened our relationship through the extension of our existing agreement.”
The PSV and AHTS vessels form part of a major fleet of offshore ships maintained and chartered for worldwide operation by ER Offshore, the operating division of one of Europe’s leading ship management organisations whose overall fleet of vessels also includes 77 container ships and 24 bulk carriers.
