VERITAS VIKING

General information

Course/Position

Latest news

Eidesvik awarded research vessel contract

Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore has received a letter of award from survey service provider Magseis Fairfield for the hire of Veritas Viking as a source vessel for an upcoming ocean bottom survey in the North Sea. The contract is expected to commence in July and is for a firm period of 2-3 months with options to extend.

Seismic vessel got new contract

The "Vantage" and "Veritas Viking" got awarded two contracts from the French Company CGG. The seismic vessels are to be used as fire boats in the Gulf of Mexico. The contracts will commence in early January 2017 and will last 180 days and subsequent options. That means the two ships may soon leave the dock. They have been idle since August 2014 and November 2015 respectively.

Medevac in Gulf of Mexico

The Coast Guard medevaced a man from the "Veritas Viking" in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 190 miles southeast of Galveston, and delivered the man to the Scholes International Airport in Galveston where they were met by emergency medical services on Mar 1, 2014. The vessel contacted Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders at 2 a.m., reporting that the 45-year-old man, and doctor aboard the vessel, was suffering from severe chest pains and experiencing heart attack symptoms. An Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and crew launched to rescue the man. The man was delivered to Scholes International Airport in Galveston at about 8 a.m., then transferred by EMS to University of Texas Medical Branch in stable condition. Report with photos: http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2110046/Flight-mechanic-s-first-medevac-rescues-doctor-from-research-vessel-190-miles-off-Galveston#sthash.0dObWdLh.dpuf