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Written question asked by Richard Burden (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 May 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 May 2016 (named day). It was answered by Robert Goodwill (Conservative) on Monday, 9 May 2016 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Offshore Suppliers: Aberdeen

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK-registered offshore supply vessels (OSVs) have been laid up in Aberdeen port since January 2015; and what the average period of inactivity was for UK-registered OSVs (a) at that port and (b) in total during that period.

Answer

According to commercial world fleet data sourced from IHS Global Limited, there were two UK registered offshore vessels with a ‘laid-up’ status on 31 December 2015.

We do not have any further data available for use on laid-up vessels since this time. The data is not in a format from which inactivity periods are readily obtainable.

According to online vessel search engines, the last known ship positions for the two UK registered offshore vessels that were laid-up at the end of 2015 were Port Elizabeth (South Africa) on 24 August 2015 and Elefsis (near the Athens port of Piraeus, Greece) on 19 September 2015.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
36498
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Offshore suppliers Aberdeen
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk