Veritas' Viking Maritime subsidiary exercised the option to extend the charter for the seismic research vessel (SR/V) Veritas Viking.
Offshore staff
(US) - Veritas' Viking Maritime subsidiary exercised the option to extend the charter for the seismic research vessel (SR/V)Veritas Viking.
The extension is for a fixed period of five years beginning June 2006. Viking Maritime has additional options to further extend the charter for up to 12 years beginning in 2011.
TheVeritas Viking was delivered in May of 1998.
Veritas also has under charter the two sister vessels of the Veritas Viking, the SR/V Veritas Viking II and the SR/V Veritas Vantage, delivered in 1999 and 2002, respectively.
The vessels are owned by Eidesvik Shipping AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eidesvik Offshore ASA, and operate on a worldwide basis for seismic acquisition research.