01.09.2006

Crane management company wins new offshore contract

Specialist Maintenance Services Ltd has renewed and extended
Its crane contract with Mobil North Sea Ltd.

Under the new contract, which begins today, SMS will take complete responsibility for the company's crane and lifting operations, including onshore management and offshore crane maintenance.

SMS has provided such services on the Beryl platforms in the Northern North Sea of the United Kingdom Continental Shelf under an earlier contract, the new agreement extends this to nine Southern North Sea platforms and three others in the Norwegian sector.
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Jim Sutherland (L) and John Morrison directors of SMS Ltd

John Morrison, joint managing director of SMS, said the firm is
currently recruiting additional personnel to service the extended contract. "We are delighted to have renewed and extended our agreement with Mobil, which I believe is testament to the excellent reputation we have built up over the past 17 years by continually supplying a professional service.

Mobil refused to release any details on the value of the contract