Exxon Extends Accommodation Barge Lease in Malaysia

Malaysia’s supplier of offshore vessels Alam Maritim has been awarded an extension of its contract with ExxonMobil for the provision of one accommodation barge.

The extension of the contract will be effective from 1 February 2014. ExxonMobil has decided to extend the contract for a one year period.

The value of the contract extension is estimated to be around $17.6 million (RM58.8 million).

Alam Maritim owns two accommodation vessels MV SETIA AMAN and MV SETIA ULUNG. The vessels can house up to 180 persons each.

The company did not say which of the two has been hired for the ExxonMobil job.