Farstad Shipping ASA: Charter Agreements

2012-02-20

Farstad Shipping has been awarded the following charter contracts:

Statoil has declared their option to extend the contracts for PSV Far Seeker (2008, UT 751E, 4.905 DWT) and PSV Far Searcher (2008, UT 751E, 4.992 DWT) for a period of 12 months.

Woodside in Australia has chartered AHTS Far Grip (1993, UT 722, 14.400 BHP) for a period of 9 months with commencement in the beginning of March.

In Brazil Petrobras has extended the contract for AHTS Far Sagaris (2009, UT 731CD, 23.700 BHP) until end October 2012.

Total value of the contracts is approximately NOK 250 million.

Farstad Shipping's fleet currently consists of 56 vessels (32 AHTS, 21 PSV and 3 SUBSEA) and 6 PSV and 2 AHTS under construction. The company's operations are managed from Aalesund, Aberdeen, Melbourne, Perth, Singapore, Macaé and Rio de Janeiro with a total of 1990 employees engaged onshore and offshore. The company's strategy is to be a leading quality provider of large, modern offshore service vessels to the oil industry. The company maintains a long-term charter profile for the fleet.

Farstad Shipping ASA press release