In the YardBibby Of shore Invests in FleetBibby engineers working on an ROV on-board Mike Arnold, Bibby Offshore’s COO, one of its subsea support vessels. Western Hemisphere.Bibby Offshore invested nearly $45m in the past six months ter company, Bibby Remote Intervention Limited (BRIL), a towards increasing its international ? eet of subsea support ROVSV was required to deliver contracted subsea commit-vessels by 40%. Most recently, the company signed a contract ments, as well as the increasing demand for the full suite of to charter EDT Jane, a newbuild remotely operated vehicle survey and inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) that this support vessel (ROVSV). class leading vessel can provide. In line with its existing work The company now boasts a ? eet of eight vessels and 15 scope, BRIL will install a mixed ? eet of work-class and ob-ROVs. This dedicated ROVSV with full survey and inspec- servation class ROVs onboard the vessel, including an SMD tion spread will be mobilized from April 2014 as part of a 150hp Quasar work class ROV, SeaEye Cougar Inspection 180-day charter, with options to extend for an additional three class ROV and a SeaEye Lynx Observation Inspection class years. With the continued growth of Bibby Offshore’s sis- ROV. CSS Olympia GranEnergia took delivery of the Compact Semi-Sub-mersible (CSS) Olympia from MAC Offshore. STX Marine (STXM) and CSS Designs Ltd. developed the CSS design over the past ? ve years. Built by Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding in Fujian Province, China, the CSS Olympia is 84.25m long with a capacity for 500 people. The primary function of the Olympia is to act as a ? oating accommodation unit for rig personnel. The vessel has a DP-3 rating and will remain con-nected to an offshore facility via a telescopic gangway system. Other features include a 12.8 ton rated helideck, and a 150MT telescopic boom crane. March 201418 MTRMTR #2 (18-33).indd 18 MTR #2 (18-33).indd 18 2/21/2014 10:23:24 AM2/21/2014 10:23:24 AM