Viking Moorings, a provider of total mooring solutions to the offshore oil and gas industry, announced that it has signed an exclusive international agency agreement with Mainticare Ltd, one of the largest marine and oilfield services contractors in Malta.
Mainticare will provide Viking Moorings’ extensive portfolio of mooring equipment and services throughout the Western and Central Mediterranean and Middle East region, as well as providing management, warehousing and logistics services.
The agreement will ensure that operators with exploration activities offshore Italy, Croatia, Libya, Algeria and Tunisia, will have access to the very latest in mooring solutions from Viking with a full portfolio of mooring equipment readily available at short notice as well as on-site services, such as mobile chain inspection units (MCIUs), wire rope inspection, and other high value engineering services. Mainticare will also provide mooring solutions to the Gulf States of Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Under a reciprocal arrangement, Mainticare will establish an office in Aberdeen which will extend the services provided by Mainticare to UK clients operating offshore North Africa and in the Mediterranean area.
Mainticare Limited, a member of the Ablecare Oilfield Services Group, is one of the leading Mediterranean based suppliers of specialist products and services to the marine, energy and power industries. Its offshore base in San Gwann is positioned along the main shipping routes linking three continents: Europe, Africa and Asia and is only 93 kilometres south of Italy and some 300 kilometres from Libya. Being the nearest point to the North African mainland, Mainticare offers facilities to service offshore drilling contractors and oil operators within the Mediterranean and North African sectors.
Viking Moorings provides total mooring solutions to operators and drilling contractors, consisting of initial mooring design and analysis, rig move procedures, risk assessments and safety approvals, equipment rental, installation and support, chain inspection, spooling services and logistics services, marine sales, repair and maintenance