Norway's Solstad Offshore is continuing to offload non-core vessels as it restructures following a $2bn refinancing last year.

The laid-up 3,400-dwt platform supply vessel Far Splendour (built 2003) has left Oslo-listed company's fleet for a negligible accounting effect.

No further details were given, but the unit is a legacy vessel taken over during the 2017 merger with follow Norwegian outfit Farstad Shipping.

Earlier this month, Solstad disposed of a laid-up anchor-handling tug supply (AHTS) ship, the 16,157-bhp Far Strait (built 2006), another former Farstad vessel.

Solstad is trying to cut the fleet from 120 ships to 90 core units.

Brazilian business

The Lars Peder Solstad-led company also said it had signed a contract with Enauta Energia for the 14,416-bhp AHTS Normand Turmalina (built 2006) in Brazil.

The ship will support the Atlanta field in the Santos Basin for 18 months, with two years of options attached to the charter.

Meanwhile, Eidesvik Offshore, also a Norwegian offshore vessel owner, has entered into a bareboat contract for 130 days with an unnamed charterer for the 7,900-gt research ship Veritas Viking (built 1998).

The vessel will be mobilised from its current location at Bomlo, Norway, this month and is scheduled to begin the bareboat contract in June.

Compatriot DOF Group has clinched a number of contracts in the North Sea.

These include inspection, maintenance and repair, construction and decommissioning jobs for subsidiary DOF Subsea.

340 days tied up

The projects combined total more than 340 vessel days excluding options, all to be completed this year.

Four AHTS units and a chartered-in ship will be used.

One of the deals involves work to support the construction of an offshore wind farm for 150 days.

"I am pleased by the continued trust from our clients in Norway and the UK," chief executive Mons Aase said.

"DOF Subsea continues to secure projects across the energy sector, delivering mission critical solutions without compromise to safety," he added.