SEACOR Marine to buy three COSCO Zhoushan PSVs for $46 million

JANUARY 17, 2019 — Houston headquartered SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc. (NYSE:SMHI) has entered into definitive agreements to acquire three platform supply vessels from shipbuilder COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Zhoushan) Co., Ltd.

The PSVs acquired are Rolls-Royce UT771CDL design of 3,800 tons deadweight capacity with dynamic position class 2 and firefighting class 1 notations. They can accommodate a subsequent upgrade to a battery hybrid power solution. They will be registered in the Marshall Islands and be named the M/V SEACOR Alps, SEACOR Andes, and SEACOR Atlas.

SEACOR Marine will pay approximately $46.0 million for the three vessels, 30% will in cash and 70% under a four-year deferred payment agreement. Half of the cash payment will be funded in the first quarter of 2019 with the balance per vessel to be paid upon physical delivery of each vessel.

The parties currently expect the vessels to be delivered on September 30, 2019, January 30, 2020, and April 30, 2020.

John Gellert, SEACOR Marine’s Chief Executive Officer, commented: “We are honored to build upon our relationship with the COSCO Shipping Group, which began last year with our SEACOSCO joint venture. That initiative’s first two vessels are already operational in the North Sea and in Saudi Arabia. Those vessels have performed well since delivery in early 2018, and we look forward to welcoming these newly acquired vessels into our fleet over the next year.

“This is truly an exciting time for SEACOR Marine and its stakeholders as we continue to modernize our fleet through prudently structured transactions. In our core areas of U.S.-flag lift boats, aluminum hull fast support vessels, and now, foreign-flag, mid-size deep water platform supply vessels, we will have one of the most modern and commercially viable fleets in the industry for many years to come.”