Sverre Farstad & Co has taken over the ‘Blue King’ from Ulstein

Name: Ulstein Group ASA
Address: Osnesvegen 110, Ulsteinvik, 6065, Norway
Telephone: +47 7000 8000
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The new ship owning company Sverre Farstad & Co has taken over the offshore supply vessel Blue King.

Published

21 June 2019

"We are very pleased that this agreement has been settled and is looking forward to seeing the ship entering into operation. The new ship owner is an exciting addition to the Norwegian maritime cluster and we wish them all the best", says CEO Gunvor Ulstein in Ulstein Group.

The vessel is of the design type PX121 from Ulstein Design & Solutions and was delivered from Ulstein Verft in May 2016. All in all, Ulstein has delivered 30 design and equipment packages for this design type for various ship owners, ten of these vessels have been built at Ulstein Verft.

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