The company is now increasingly targeting floatover installation work on production facilities such as topsides and jackets, as well as spar buoys, as it sees a growing trend in the industry towards this offshore construction method, chief executive Andre Goedee told the Pareto Securities conference in Oslo last week.
In line with its diversification into this field, Dockwise is now evaluating whether to change the terms of a $110 million newbuild contract at China’s Guangzhou Shipyard, inherited through its recent acquisition of rival Fairstar Heavy Transport, to instead order another large-capacity unit.
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