Eidesvik Offshore

{{Short description|Norwegian shipping company}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = Eidesvik Offshore ASA | logo = | type = Public ({{ose|EIOF}})<ref name="b416">{{cite web | title=EIDESVIK OFFSHORE | website=Euronext exchange Live quotes | date=2023-03-27 | url=https://live.euronext.com/en/product/equities/NO0010263023-XOSL | access-date=2025-03-27}}</ref> | founded = | location = Bømlo Municipality, Norway | key_people = | area_served = Global | industry = Shipping | products = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = 470 (2007) | parent = | subsidiaries = | website = [http://www.eidesvik.no www.eidesvik.no] | footnotes = }}

[[Image:Viking Troll.jpg|thumb|right|The Eidesvik Offshore supply vessel ''Viking Troll'' at dock in Bergen]]

'''Eidesvik Offshore''' is a supply, subsea, seismic and cable-laying shipping company. The fleet consists of ten supply ships, both platform supply vessels and anchor handling tug supply vessels, five subsea vessels, five seismic vessels and one cable-laying ship. All the ships are orange in color, and most of them have names starting with ''Viking''. The company is based in Bømlo Municipality, Norway and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Two thirds of the company is owned by Kristian Eidesvik, who also controls the short sea shipping company Wilson.

==History== In August 2024, the company signed a contract with Wärtsilä to supply the equipment for the conversion of an offshore platform supply vessel (PSV) to operate with ammonia fuel.<ref name="g924">{{cite web | author=Press release | title=Landmark deal between Wärtsilä and Eidesvik Offshore pioneers growing demand for ammonia in shipping | website=Wartsila.com | date=2024-08-26 | url=https://www.wartsila.com/media/news/26-08-2024-landmark-deal-between-wartsila-and-eidesvik-offshore-pioneers-growing-demand-for-ammonia-in-shipping-3485578 | access-date=2025-03-27}}</ref>

In February 2025, the company together with Agalas and Reach Subsea, started the building of a construction support vessel (CSV) for subsea and offshore wind operations.<ref name="v186">{{cite web | last=Buljan | first=Adrijana | title=Eidesvik, Agalas, Reach Subsea Order New Jointly Owned Construction Support Vessel | website=Offshore Wind | date=2025-02-20 | url=https://www.offshorewind.biz/2025/02/20/eidesvik-agalas-reach-subsea-order-new-jointly-owned-construction-support-vessel/ | access-date=2025-03-27}}</ref> The CSV will be built at Sefine Shipyard in Turkey and use methanol as a fuel.<ref name="k998">{{cite web | author=Gary Dixon (g_dixon) | title=Eidesvik Offshore orders methanol CSV with partners Agalas and Reach Subsea | website=TradeWinds | date=2025-02-20 | url=https://www.tradewindsnews.com/offshore/eidesvik-offshore-orders-methanol-csv-with-partners-agalas-and-reach-subsea/2-1-1782393?zephr_sso_ott=T2MI2F | access-date=2025-03-27}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Shipping companies of Norway Category:Supply shipping companies Category:Scientific shipping companies Category:Companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange Category:Companies based in Vestland

Category:Companies with year of establishment missing