The market is sluggish and multi-purpose offshore ship "does not eat incense"

In the past decade, multi-purpose offshore crafts have been the market standard; however, as oil prices have fallen to near-historical status and cost reductions have become the main target of the offshore oil and gas industry, oilfield developers are asking shipowners to provide the simplest dedicated offshore engineering. ferry.

Not long ago, offshore shipowners were still keen to build complex ships that could meet a variety of needs, but now, charterers are demanding more cost-effective dedicated offshore vessels.

According to industry insiders, multi-purpose offshore crafts have developed rapidly over the past decade, but these multi-purpose offshore vessels are facing difficulties in today's low daily rents, and charterers are reluctant to perform functions they do not need. Pay a high daily rent. A Singapore-based offshore broker said that large multi-purpose offshore vessels had an advantage when oil prices exceeded $100 a barrel, when oil companies were willing to lease these offshore vessels at high prices; however, in the current situation, oil companies need to meet specific Demand for the ship.

At the same time, the ship engineering company found that the design requirements in the offshore sector have shifted to the design of dedicated vessels tailored to specific locations. A shipbuilding engineer said that the offshore charterer has repeatedly depressed the daily rent of the offshore vessel, so both the shipyard and the shipowner must work hard to find cost-saving measures. As a result, ship design is gradually giving up versatility. He pointed out that a truly multi-purpose offshore vessel will inevitably lead to a large amount of cost investment and is not competitive under current daily rent conditions.

However, various cost-cutting initiatives in the offshore sector may also in turn drive the development of new offshore craft designs. Cost cuts are forcing service providers to find innovative solutions that will drive the development of new ship designs. An example of this is the recent floating dock (ship-type shipyard trading) project for Van Oord Marine & Dredging Contractors by Maritime Associates, a Singapore-based offshore consultancy.