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FLETCHER SHIPPING LTD

Fletcher Shipping is a Uk based shipping company set up by the former management of SBS after the purchase of that company by Viking Supply. Their press release at the time suggested that Keith Fletcher who had been the driving force behind SBS was to remain as General Manager, but obviously he moved on to pastures new taking his management team with him. They all started in OIL and the colour scheme of SBS reflects that association.

OIL, then SBS and now Fletcher Shipping have tried to attract staff by telling people that the operation of their ships is wholly managed by the staff on board. This proposal probably attracts people who are fed up with shore management apparently cocking up what seems to be a good job. In my experience of this sort of an operation the shore staff seemed to want to hand over to the ship bits of the job which I would have been perfectly happy if they had continued to do ashore, and in return seemed to want to micro-manage bits of the job which I regarded as mine as a shipmaster - but I'm sure Fletcher Shipping do a lot better than this.

At the time of writing (January 2010) the company operates two platform ships.

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TYPE: UT 705 NAME: FS Aquarius PHOTO:George Craigen
 
GENERAL PROPULSION CARGO CAPACITY
Length OA 81.9 m Engines 2 x Bergen Fuel 1096 m3
Breadth 18 m BHP/kW 6600/4850 Pot water 690 m3
DWT 3100 t For'd Thrusters 1 x 1000 bhp Mud 600 m3
Deck area 830 m2 Az Thruster 1 x 1000 bhp Base oil 216 m3
    Aft Thrusters 2 x 800 bhp Brine 275 m3
Year built 1991 Joystick Poscon Dry bulk 396 m3
Shipyard Laksevag DP - Tank Cleaning Marex
Previous names Gerd Viking, Star Aquarius, Stirling Aquarius, Aquarius
Comments This ship entered service as the Gerd Viking, but was bought by Star Offshore in about 1994. When Star was purchased by Stirling it became the Stirling Aquarius, and on the purchase of Stirling by Seacor it was bought by Myklebusthaug and bareboated back to Seacor who operated it until October 2004. At that time it reverted to the owners who inventively renamed it "Aquarius" and awarded the management to Gulf. It is fitted with a Marex tank cleaning system.

 

TYPE: UT 745 NAME: FS Pegasus PHOTO: Vic Gibson
GENERAL PROPULSION CARGO CAPACITY
Length OA 84.0 m Engines 2 x Bergen BRM6 Fuel 1503 m3
Breadth 18.8 m BHP/kW 7200/5300 Pot water 837 m3
DWT 4585 t For'd Thrusters 2 x 1200 bhp Mud 506 m3
Deck area 957 m2 Az Thruster - Base oil -
    Aft Thrusters 2 x 800 bhp Brine 692 m3
Year built 1996 Joystick Ulstein Dry bulk 396 m3
Shipyard Ulstein Verft DP - Tank Cleaning  
Previous names Northern Gambler
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