Marine services group North Star has been awarded new North Sea contracts for its emergency response and rescue vessels (ERRVs), totalling more than £100million.
Aberdeen-headquartered North Star operates a fleet of 41 ERRVs and seven service operation vessels from its bases in Aberdeen, Newcastle and Lowestoft and employs around 1,400 people - 950 of them in the UK.
Its ERRVs are currently assigned to support 50 offshore oil and gas installations, providing around-the-clock emergency assistance, 365 days a year.
Energy Voice says North Star did not disclose its contracted clients, but said the new wins were a combination of new customers and new asset locations, as well as continuations secured with operators it has worked with since the 1980s.
With additional year charter options, North Star said the awards marked "the most sizeable ERRV order book in recent years".
In January, Swiss-based private equity firm Partners Group announced it would acquire North Star from current owner Basalt Infrastructure Partners, as it seeks to a create a "leading pan-European, next-generation offshore wind infrastructure services company".