Fugro has signed a long term charter agreement with Norwegian company Rieber Shipping ASA for the vessel Polar King. The five-year old vessel will be converted for 3D seismic acquisition and will be able to tow eight to ten long offset streamers (up to 9 km in length).
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(The Netherlands)- Fugro has signed a long term charter agreement with Norwegian company Rieber Shipping ASA for the vesselPolar King. The five-year old vessel will be converted for 3D seismic acquisition and will be able to tow eight to ten long offset streamers (up to 9 km in length).
Fugro currently deploys six seismic vessels, and thePolar King agreement is part of a plan to expand to an operation of eight ships, some owned and some chartered, by mid 2006. Fugro has already ordered two sets of 3D streamers in response to the growing seismic market.
ThePolar King is scheduled for deployment by May 2006.
