Platform supply vessel

As a utility, (English: supply vessels ) is called in civilian shipping vessels to support oil rigs and similar facilities on the high sea (offshore - German " lying outside the territorial waters " ) are used. Make hedging the oil rigs and their supply of safe material and are used for spreading to new locations. They are equipped with powerful machines to withstand the adverse weather conditions that often prevail in the areas of offshore oil rigs. They often have more than one thruster.

For these tasks are different types of ships used, including:

There are also other specialized vessels, such as diving support vessel or pipeline publisher.

In the 1970s and 1980s, German shipping companies (among VTG AG, DDG Hansa, Lower Weser shipping company as well as T & S) were heavily involved in the catering business. At present, various shipping companies are working in this field of business. The Hamburg-based company Harms salvage operates a fleet of several AHT. The two most powerful ships of Harms, Uranus and Orcus are, with a bollard pull of 280 tonnes of the strongest AHT world. As a second German company serves E. R. Offshore, a company of the group ER Navigation, a fleet of 11 PSV. The company started in 2007 with three second-hand PSV ER Kristiansand, E. R. Arendal and E. R. Mountains, for Harms salvage were in use .. Hartmann Offshore from Leer ( Ostfriesland) previously under the name Centaurus, Aelous and Cerberus now operates 12 suppliers, each with a bollard pull of 200 tonnes. Furthermore, the Bremer Urag in this business segment is active.