Exxon extends Polar Pevek charter off Sakhalin Island
Sept. 17, 2020
Exxon Neftegas Ltd. has awarded GC Rieber Shipping ASA’s icebreaker Polar Pevek a two-year contract extension.
(Courtesy GC Rieber Shipping)
The icebreaker Polar Pevek.
Offshore staff
BERGEN, Norway – Exxon Neftegas Ltd. has awarded GC Rieber Shipping ASA’s icebreaker Polar Pevek a two-year contract extension.
The extension makes the vessel firm until September 2023.
The Polar Pevek is a customized heavy icebreaker and began her original charter in 2006 on what originally was a 15-year contract. The vessel is operating off Sakhalin Island and provides support to shuttle tankers in harsh weather conditions on the Sakhalin I project offshore eastern Russia.
The vessel is co-owned 50/50 with Maas Capital and operated by GC Rieber Shipping’s Russian co-owned shipmanager OOO Polarus.
