A mooring services provider to the offshore oil industry is on a recruitment drive after opening a base in Aberdeen harbour earlier this year.
Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) opened the quayside facility in April, a year on from the unveiling of its UK office in Queen’s Gardens.
DSM, a subsidiary of Dutch energy service firm Vryhof, has raised its Aberdeen headcount to 10 and plans to double that figure in 2019.
Mo Tafazzoly, DSM’s UK managing director, said he was “very pleased” to have access to a harbour facility with ample storage.
The company has already taken delivery of two large shipments of mooring equipment.
Most of that gear has been deployed in support of semi-submersible rigs operated by DSM’s clients in the UK continental shelf.
Mr Tafazzoly said: “There is minimal impact in terms of tidal dependency. As a consequence, an offshore support vessel does not have to wait for hours before she can berth or leave for sea again.
“Other operators in nearby ports have problems because of draft restrictions. This saves a lot of valuable time for our clients.
“Another advantage is that the maintenance shed for storing, handling and maintaining mooring equipment on the premises is only 30 metres from the quayside, considerably reducing the time of loading/offloading operations.
“We can mobilise our equipment almost immediately.”
He added: “We have already recruited around 10 very experienced local personnel over the past few months, including a base manager, marine manager, mooring technicians, naval architects, a draughtsman and a logistic lead.
“It is exciting to see them using all their experience combined with our full range of capabilities to support clients who are looking for the most cost-efficient mooring solutions.
“Given the many leads we are following up right now, we certainly expect to double this number of employees in 2019.”
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