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: PT Wintermar, one of the ships off shore operators in Indonesia’s largest, did not participate in the tender for the procurement of ships offshore floating storage offloading (FSO) which opened ConocoPhilips and Camar Resources Canada.

Director of PT Layanto said Wintermar Sugiman perseroannya not submit a bid in two tenders had been opened at the beginning of last month. “This time we did not go to bid,” he told bisnis.com today.

He explained more concentrated perseroannya fleet off shore strengthen small scale in Indonesia are still needed in order to replace the ships of foreign flagged as type of anchor handling tug suplay (AHTS).

Because, he says, until this moment not a contractor contracts (KKKS) who still use foreign-flag ships. “Let the other operators began to enter the sector, these companies still focus on small-scale ship first.”

ConocoPhilips open tender for the procurement FSO vessel to replace the Diamond. Liberia’s fleet had been hired without having a clear time limit.

Artificial vessel weighing 178,604 DWT in 1968 was hired by ConocoPhilips to operate in the area waters Belida, Natuna, Riau Islands.

Camar Resources Canada open tender procurement prequalification FSO vessel at the beginning of last month to replace the fleet Ayu Maera contract expired in November 2009.

Ayu is Maera FSO fleet of 1975 made Indonesia operated by PT Trada Maritime, Tbk. Capacity of 37,187 DWT ship was chartered by Camar Resources Canada to be operated in the waters of Gull, North Sumatra.

Sugiman FSO explained that the tender was opened by two KKKS had been given the opportunity to cruise off shore companies to expand into the provision of large-scale transportation lease.