POSH TAKES DELIVERY OF FIRST NEWBUILD MPSV AND PROVIDES FIRST MOTION-COMPENSATED GANGWAY SOLUTION FOR OFFSHORE INDIA

POSH continued to stand apart as a leading offshore accommodation provider after taking delivery of the Multi-purpose Support Vessel (“MPSV”), POSH Mallard, and deploying it on a first-of-its kind charter off India waters. 

The diesel electric, DP2, SPS code-compliant POSH Mallard is designed to meet various work requirements within the Inspection, Maintenance and Repair ("IMR") space, with its 120 tonne Active Heave Compensated ("AHC") subsea crane and large accommodation capacity of 108 persons. 

After POSH took delivery of the vessel from PaxOcean Zhoushan Shipyard, POSH Mallard was outfitted with a full motion-compensated Ampelmann A-Type Gangway on its deck. This further bolsters its already robust ability to provide safe personnel transfers between ship and workplace. 

The vessel then embarked on its maiden charter with an international oil company off the West Coast of India, and will be providing a “walk-to-work” solution for the maintenance team offshore until Q2 2018. The charter particularly stands out as the first motion-compensated gangway solution for offshore India. In November alone, the vessel facilitated more than 2,500 personnel transfers. 

The addition of POSH Mallard further diversifies and rejuvenates the POSH fleet while allowing us to enhance our suite of services for our clients. 

In April this year, the POSH Arcadia will be supporting ENI’s Jangkrik Floating Production Unit (FPU) located off Balikpapan, Indonesia during the hook-up and commissioning phase. The column stabilised offshore accomodation vessel was chosen over a conventional spread moored accommodation barge as she can be operated in DP3 mode which will allow her to stay continuously connected to the FPU by a Passive Heave Gangway. This will significantly
reduce the frequencies of crew transfers by boat. The high-end accommodation with top of the range facilities such as an equipped gym, cinema, internet room and lounges will be well received by the personnel and clients from Saipem Triparta Chiyoda Joint Operations working offshore. The POSH Arcadia will be supporting the Jangkrik FPU till end of June, before she embarks on her next project with Technip FMC to support the Shell Prelude FLNG offshore Australia. POSH Terasea will be towing the FLNG from Korea with three units of 200TBP tugs and another 200T escorting tug. Upon arrival in the Prelude field, a fifth 200TBP tug from POSH Terasea together with POSH Arcadia will be joining the convoy to support the hook up and commissioning works.

PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) has won a contract from Technip Oceania to deploy its semi-submersible accommodation vessel POSH Arcadia to support Shell’s floating LNG facility Prelude.

POSH Arcadia will provide accommodation support for up to 750 people during the hook-up and commissioning phase of the Shell Prelude FLNG Project in the Browse Basin, off the north-west coast of Western Australia.

In January, POSH’s joint venture with Singapore’s Terasea was appointed to provide towage and positioning services at the Prelude facility (pictured).