Falcon-Tide

Deep Sea Supply has been awarded a contract for two years firm plus three yearly options with Statoil (U.K.) Ltd for the "Sea Falcon" for operations in the North Sea. Expected commencement was 4Q 2016.

The operators of the "Sea Falcon" that crashed into a platform in the North Sea put workers at risk by not operating safely in an exclusion zone, a HSE report has said. The incident happened at Apache's Forties Echo platform in the Forties oil field in March 2015. The owner, Deep Sea Supply, was issued with an improvement notice as a result. The "Sea Falcon" had entered the 500 m zone at excessive speed, above four knots, when guidelines recommended less than half a knot. The ship hit the platform, causing significant damage to both the topside and the ship itself. Full report: http://www.hse.gov.uk/notices/notices/Notice_details.asp?SF=CN&SV=306292067

15 workers were taken off the North Sea oil platform "Forties Echo" after the "Sea Falcon" hit the installation on Mar 16, 2015, at 9 a.m. in the Forties oil field 110 miles north-east of Aberdeen. The "Sea Falcon" was offloading cargo when the the vessel got close to the platform and drifted into it. There were no injuries. Platform operator Apache North Sea activated emergency procedures, the platform was shut down, but there had been no leak of hydrocarbons. A muster of the 30 personnel on board has been completed. A total of 15 workers remained on board the platform which suffered minor damage. The other 15 have been airlifted to the nearby "Forties Bravo" platform. An initial visual inspection of the damaged installation was carried out from the platform’s standby vessel. A specialist inspection team has been mobilised to assess the damage in more detail. An Apache sonshore response team had been mobilised and all relevant authorities and contractors had been informed.The supply vessel sailed to Peterhead under its own power and docked at 8.30 p.m.