DEEPOCEAN SHIPPING

DeepOcean Shipping is a subsidiary of the American ship-owner Trico. DeepOcean, as opposed to DeepOcean Shipping, is exclusively involved in construction, diving and similar activities. In addition to the ships detailed here, DeepOcean have a number of other vessels on long term charter. I have chosen not to detail them here.

This company is apparently Norwegian, but the vessels on the page are all working in the Gulf of Mexico - hence the location of this information in the ShipsandOil system.

In 2011 it seems that Trico is bankrupt but that Deepocean is still trading.

In the January 2013 review it can be seen that Deepocean have chartered a number of ships from other owners, including Trico UK, who still exist in a small way. They seem to have added one ship to their own fleet, a former Trico UT 745.

At the 2014 review the company seems to have 12 vessels on charter, and owns 4 of its own. The latest to join the fleet will be the Deep Helder - which is on the fleet list, but the keel was only laid in November last year and it is owned by Seamar.

At the review in November 2014 the company appears to have regained control, if those are the right words, of three of the former Trico ships. They also have numerous IMR ships on charter. They are either extremely well organised, well funded and well supported, or else they are sailing pretty close to the wind.

Updated 18th November 2014.

TYPE: UT 716		NAME: Northern Commander		PHOTO: Oddgeir Refvik

GENERAL		PROPULSION		EQUIPMENT
Length OA	79.7 m	Engines	4 x Bergen	Workdrum pull	250 t
Breadth	18.0 m	BHP	13200	Capacity 1	-
DWT	2690 t	kW	9700	Capacity 2	-
Deck area	615 m2	For'd Thruster	1 x 1200 bhp	Towdrum pull	250 t
Fuel	962 m3	Az Thruster	1 x 1000 bhp	Capacity 1	1400m x 72mm
Pot water	611 m3	Aft Thrusters	2 x 1000 bhp	Capacity 2
Mud	640 m3	Bollard pull	155 t	Sharks Jaw	Karmfork
Brine	394 m3	DP		Cranes
Dry bulk	284 m3	Joystick	Poscon	Tank cleaning
Year built/due	1986			Shipyard	Ulstein Hatlo
Previous names	Gullbas
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TYPE:		NAME: Arbol Grande		PHOTO: Martin Cardos, Ron Jansen

GENERAL		PROPULSION		EQUIPMENT
Length OA	94.28 m	Engines	2 x Wartsila 8L26A	Workdrum pull	-
Breadth	20 m	BHP	6746	Capacity 1	-
DWT	-	kW	4960	Capacity 2	-
Deck area	960 m2	For'd Thruster	2 x 883 kW	Accomm berths	199
Fuel	1342 m3	Az Thruster	1 x 1200 kW	Storage capacity	-
Pot water	411 m3	Aft Az Props	2 x 2400kW	ROV	-
Mud	-	Bollard pull	-	Dive System	8 man
Brine	-	DP II	Kongsberg SDP21	Cranes	2 x 60 t
Dry bulk	-	Joystick	-	Tank cleaning	-
Year built	2003			Shipyard	Metalships
Previous names	-
Comments	-

TYPE:		NAME: Atlantic Challenger		PHOTO: Ron Jansen

GENERAL		PROPULSION		EQUIPMENT
Length OA	120.7 m	Engines	2 x SKL6 VDS	Workdrum pull	-
Breadth	19.0 m	BHP	7200	Capacity 1	-
DWT	-	kW	5300	Capacity 2	-
Deck area	830 m2	For'd Thruster	2 x 1300 kW	Accomm berths	199
Fuel	1575 m3	Az Thruster	1 x 850 kW	Storage capacity	-
Pot water	740 m3	Aft Thruster	2 x 1300 kW	ROV	-
Mud	-	Bollard pull	-	Dive System	8 man
Brine	-	DP II	Simrad SDP21	Cranes	1 x 125 t
Dry bulk	-	Joystick	-	Cranes	1 x 50 t
Year built	1990			Shipyard	-
Previous names	Eestirand, Eestirand II, Anna
Comments	-

TYPE:		NAME: Deep Endeavour		PHOTO: Martin Cardos

GENERAL		PROPULSION		EQUIPMENT
Length OA	129.81 m	Engines	4 x Wartsila 9L26A	Workdrum pull	-
Breadth	22.0 m	BHP	15180	Capacity 1	-
DWT	-	kW	11160	Capacity 2	-
Deck area	1600 m2	For'd Thruster	3 x 1335 kW	Accomm berths	122 +77
Fuel	1172 m3	Aft Thruster	1 x 925 kW	Storage capacity	-
Pot water	1062 m3	Aft Az Props	2 x 2200 kW	ROV	-
Mud	-	Bollard pull	-	Dive System	8 man
Brine	-	DP II	Kongsberg KPos21	Cranes	Client supply
Dry bulk	-	Joystick	-	Tank cleaning	-
Year built	1999			Shipyard	Van de Geissen
Previous names	Bold Endeavour
Comments	-

TYPE: UT 745		NAME: Deep Vision		PHOTO:

GENERAL		PROPULSION		EQUIPMENT
Length OA	85.25 m	Engines	2 x BRM9	Workdrum pull	-
Breadth	18.8 m	BHP	10800	Capacity 1	-
DWT	-	kW	7950	Capacity 2	-
Deck area	720 m2	For'd Thruster	2 x 1200 bhp	Accomm berths	70
Fuel	1195 m3	Aft Thruster	2 x 800 bhp	Storage capacity	-
Pot water	1000 m3	Aft Az Props	-	ROV	2 x work class
Mud	660 m3	Bollard pull	-	Dive System	-
Brine	700 m3	DP II	Kongsberg SDP21	Cranes	1 x 60 t
Dry bulk	400 m3	Joystick	-	Tank cleaning	-
Year built	2002			Shipyard	Havyard
Previous names	Northern Canyon
Comments	-

TYPE: UT 745		NAME: NORTHERN WAVE		PHOTO: Jan Plug

GENERAL		PROPULSION		CARGO CAPACITY
Length OA	85.25 m	Engines	2 x Bergen BRM9	Fuel	1195 m3
Breadth	18.8 m	BHP/kW	10800/7941	Pot water	1000 m3
DWT	4078 t	For'd Thrusters	2 x 883 kW	Mud	660 m3
Deck area	900 m2	Az Thruster		Base oil	-
		Aft Thrusters	2 x 588 kW	Brine	700 m3
Year built	2002	Joystick	Ulstein	Dry bulk	400 m3
Shipyard	Havyard	DP	DP2	Tank Cleaning
Previous names
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PLATFORM SHIPS

type: UT 755		name: NORTHERN SUPPORTER		photo: Peter Taylor

General		Propulsion		Cargo Capacity
Length OA	67 m	Engines	2 x Bergen KRMB9	Fuel	860 m3
Breadth	16 m	BHP/kW	5450/4010	Pot water	824 m3
DWT	3111 t	For'd Thrusters	1 x 700 bhp	Mud	800 m3
Deck area	621m2	Azimuth Thrusters	1 x 700 bhp	Base oil	210 m3
		Aft Thrusters	1 x 800 bhp	Brine	400 m3
Year built	1996	Joystick	Poscon	Dry bulk	260m3
Shipyard	Soviknes	DP		Tank Cleaning
Previous names	Suffolk Supporter
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