TransAtlantic won the public procurement process that comprises technical operation and manning of the government’s five state ice breakers. The contract has a duration until 2015.
Two of TransAtlantic’s combined AHTS vessels, Tor Viking and Balder Viking, were ordered by the Swedish Maritime Administration at the beginning of February for icebreaking service in the Baltic Sea. Balder Viking was ordered later in February by the Maritime Administration for further assistance with icebreaking in the Baltic Sea.
TransAtlantic has signed a two-year contract with oil company Shell for one of the AHTS vessels, Tor Viking. Tor Viking has been chartered for arctic offshore operations in the sea off Alaska. The assignment will apply from May 2010.
TransAtlantic has signed further contracts for three of its offshore vessels with the UK oil company Capricorn Energy Ltd. The contract stretches over a four-month period.