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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what regulatory approach the Maritime and Coastguard Agency takes to offshore support vessels contracted to service (a) oil and gas or (b) renewable energy installations located outside UK territorial waters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what regulatory approach the Maritime and Coastguard Agency takes to offshore support vessels contracted to service (a) oil and gas or (b) renewable energy installations located outside UK territorial waters.
In regard to both oil and gas and renewable energy instillations, Offshore Support Vessels require certification in accordance with the applicable conventions subject to the gross tonnage (GT) and/or length, number of passengers carried on board, flag state legislation and the national legislation of the waters where the vessel is operating. Emergency Response Rescue Vessel (ERRV) certification is an option that is available to UK operators, however, there is no statutory requirement to hold this certificate as this is a UK oil and gas initiative.
Offshore Support Vessels that carry more than 12 passengers are required to be certificated as passenger vessels. Alternative provisions are allowed where passengers are deemed special personnel and as such, the vessel may be certificated as a Special Purpose Ship (SPS) where compliant with this Code.
Offshore Support Vessels that carry less than 12 passengers that are less than 24m in length may be certificated as a Workboat to the appropriate category of operation.
The above regulations are extant for both UK and non-UK vessels, regardless of area of operation.
The sector of work for offshore supply vessels does not change the certification of them. Offshore Support Vessels are certificated with the applicable Conventions subject to the GT and/or length, number of passengers or UK/national legislation, where they are outside of the applicable limits of the appropriate convention. Where a vessel carries Industrial Personnel (IP), outside of the limits of a High Speed Offshore Service Craft Code (HSOSC) certificate, the vessels fall into the same category of SPS for UK vessels (as per above) or if non-UK, an IP Safety Certificate may be provided as per Safety of Lives at Sea (SOLAS) XV. High Speed vessels operated by UK operators have the option of certification to the HSOSC Code.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many non-UK registered oil and gas support vessels were inspected by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each year from 2014-15 to 2021-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many non-UK registered oil and gas support vessels were inspected by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each year from 2014-15 to 2021-22.
Non-UK vessels are inspected under the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Port State Control Inspection regime. The database of inspections uses categories of vessel rather than the industry the vessels serve. In this instance, oil and gas support vessels are in the category of “Offshore Supply” which may also include vessels, such as wind farm vessels. Therefore, the number of inspected non-UK registered oil and gas support vessels cannot be accurately provided.
However, from 2014 to 2019 the Maritime and Coastguard Agency inspected on average 144 foreign flagged Offshore Supply vessels under the Port State Control Regime each calendar year. The Covid-19 pandemic reduced this to 88 inspections in 2020 and 119 in 2021. The number of foreign flagged Offshore Supply Vessels inspected under the Port State Control regime is now back to pre-pandemic levels with 144 inspected in 2022.
The table below shows the number of UK Offshore Supply inspections carried out in each year from 2014-2022.
UK Offshore Supply Inspections | |
Year | Inspections by MCA |
2014 | 154 |
2015 | 139 |
2017 | 143 |
2018 | 140 |
2019 | 151 |
2020 | 88 |
2021 | 119 |
2022 | 144 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the oil and gas support vessels operating in the North Sea are (a) registered or flagged in the UK and (b) registered or flagged abroad.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the oil and gas support vessels operating in the North Sea are (a) registered or flagged in the UK and (b) registered or flagged abroad.
As of December 2021, there were 149 UK Registered (flagged) vessels operating in the Oil & Gas sector accounting for 657,000 Gross Tons (GT). It is important to note that these vessels all hold certification to operate in and around the North Sea and their owners and operators have contracts specifically in the Oil & Gas sector.
The Government does not hold registration data for non-UK Flagged vessels specifically operating in the oil and gas sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of offshore supply vessels laid up in UK ports in each year since 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of offshore supply vessels laid up in UK ports in each year since 2014.
Shipowners are not required by law to notify the Port State Authority (Maritime and Coastguard Agency) of a vessel that has been laid up in the UK although it is considered good practice.
However, where information is notified to the Authority it will be to the local regional offices and is not collated nor could it be considered comprehensive and therefore it is not possible to make any assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK-registered offshore supply vessels have been re-flagged under open registers in each month since January 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK-registered offshore supply vessels have been re-flagged under open registers in each month since January 2015.
Since January 2015, 11 offshore supply vessels have left the UK flag. Out of these 11 vessels, 10 have re-flagged under open registers. One left in January 2015; three in April 2015; two in May 2015; and one in each of June 2015, July 2015, November 2015 and March 2016.
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.
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.
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.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK seafarer (a) officers and (b) ratings employed in the offshore supply vessel sector have been made redundant in each month since June 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK seafarer (a) officers and (b) ratings employed in the offshore supply vessel sector have been made redundant in each month since June 2015.
We do not hold this information.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2016 to Question 24416, what steps the Government is taking to prevent the downturn from further affecting the national maritime skills base.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2016 to Question 24416, what steps the Government is taking to prevent the downturn from further affecting the national maritime skills base.
The Maritime Growth Study chaired by Lord Mountevans and published on 7 September 2015 identified areas that would help the UK to compete successfully within a global market. These included Government and industry carrying out an assessment of the requirement for seafarers in the UK. Work on this has already commenced alongside an extension of the apprenticeship programme.
The Government remains committed to the training of seafarers and has a number of policies to grow the UK’s maritime skills base, in particular through the £15m Support for Maritime Training (SMarT) fund. A review of the SMarT programme will start shortly and will take into account the impact of the low oil price on the North Sea fields.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the Brazilian government's enforcement of domestic cabotage legislation on the offshore supply sector in the North Sea.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the Brazilian government's enforcement of domestic cabotage legislation on the offshore supply sector in the North Sea.
The UK Government's strong preference is to encourage free trade and liberalization of cabotage wherever possible, in the broad interests of international trade and economic growth. So far as I am aware, the Brazilian Government's decision has no significant direct effect on the offshore supply sector in the North Sea, and there is no intention to amend cabotage rules in relation to that sector.
However, the Government does recognize the present pressures upon the North Sea oil and gas sector and, on his recent visit to Aberdeen, my Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister set out an action plan for a set of measures including a £1.3bn package of tax measures for the oil and gas industry to ensure the UK Continental Shelf remains an attractive destination for investment and a £20M package of investment in exploration, innovation and skills, as well as the new City Deal for Aberdeen itself.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the low oil price since summer 2014 on the number of UK seafarers employed on offshore supply vessels in the North Sea.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the low oil price since summer 2014 on the number of UK seafarers employed on offshore supply vessels in the North Sea.
The 2015 seafarer statistics have just been published. We estimate that there were 23,380 UK seafarers active at sea in 2015, an increase of 2 per cent on the previous year. We are aware that the current downturn in the offshore sector may not yet be fully reflected in these figures.
Statement on policy from the Joint Links Oil and Gas Consortium which she received in May 1997; if she will meet representatives of the consortium.
Statement on policy from the Joint Links Oil and Gas Consortium which she received in May 1997; if she will meet representatives of the consortium.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place in the Library copies of the correspondence his Department has received in the last six months concerning the implementation of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive as it affects the offshore oil and gas...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will place in the Library copies of the correspondence his Department has received in the last six months concerning the implementation of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive as it affects the offshore oil and gas...
Statement on when regulations will be made to implement the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive as it applies to the offshore oil and gas industry. - Inc fact that regulations to implement the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive (85/337/EEC) laid today.
Statement on when regulations will be made to implement the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive as it applies to the offshore oil and gas industry. - Inc fact that regulations to implement the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive (85/337/EEC) laid today.
How many vessels are currently on standby to respond to oil spill incidents from or near offshore oil platforms in (a) the North Sea, (b) the North Atlantic and (c) Cardigan Bay; and what was the cost of maintaining these vessels in each of the last three years. - Inc...
How many vessels are currently on standby to respond to oil spill incidents from or near offshore oil platforms in (a) the North Sea, (b) the North Atlantic and (c) Cardigan Bay; and what was the cost of maintaining these vessels in each of the last three years. - Inc...
Pursuant to his Answer of 11th May, Official Report, column 584W, if he will give the exact date on which full and formal appraisal documents were submitted by the Overseas Development Administration and the Department of Trade and Industry in respect of the aid and trade provision support for the...
Pursuant to his Answer of 11th May, Official Report, column 584W, if he will give the exact date on which full and formal appraisal documents were submitted by the Overseas Development Administration and the Department of Trade and Industry in respect of the aid and trade provision support for the...
What action he is taking to ensure that vessels and equipment for the new offshore Atlantic oil fields are built in Britain.
What action he is taking to ensure that vessels and equipment for the new offshore Atlantic oil fields are built in Britain.
How many full-time employees were registered at each off-shore fabrication yard in the United Kingdom for each of the past five financial years. - Info not held centrally.
How many full-time employees were registered at each off-shore fabrication yard in the United Kingdom for each of the past five financial years. - Info not held centrally.