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Deep Sea Supply has been awarded extensions of the time charter contracts for the PSVs Sea Flyer and Sea Forth, in addition to a six month (plus options) contract award for the PSV Sea Tantalus for operations in the UKCS for Apache North Sea Limited, the company said in its press release. The vessels Sea Forth and Sea Flyer have been operating for the client since end 2013, and their current contracts were due to expire March 2018 and July 2018, respectively. Both vessels have been extended until 1st January 2020. The six months contract for Sea Tantalus commenced on 17th January 2017.

The third ULSTEIN designed platform supply vessel of the PX105 design for Seatankers, ‘Sea Forth’, was delivered on 16 August 2013 from the Zhejiang yard in Ningbo, said in the company's press release. ULSTEIN delivers twelve design and equipment packages to the Chinese yard, where all the vessels for Seatankers Group will be constructed. The packages include design, engineering and equipment supplies. The ships comply with the DNV requirements of the Clean or Clean Design standards. The ship is designed with the patented X-BOW® hull line design. These vessels have low vibration levels, resulting in increased comfort, and no speed loss due to the elimination of bow wave impact. The vessels can maintain higher speed even in foul weather, and the operational window is increased.