Picture via http://www.karmsundet.com
Stolt Nielsen Seaway
This company (previously known as Stolt Offshore), specialized in offshore-related vessels has created a large portfolio of vessels that can only be describes as ugly, and given them a terrible paintjob as well. Either one of these vessels on her own would deserve a personalized post on this site however it would become very boring here then for the next month or so because only yellowishish vessels would be featured. So I dumped a selection of them in one post, easy for me, not so boring for you!
ps: the ships above are the Seaway Commander & the Seaway Condor.
Seaway Eagle
Seaway Falcon
Seaway Harrier
Seaway Hawk
Seaway Kestrel
Seaway Osprey
Seaway Pelican
Seaway Stephaniturm
Seaway Perm
picture via http://visekar.diskusjonsforum.no
Seaway Sandpiper
Dunno source, via the Interweb
The company probably realised the bad name they had on the paintjob-front and has been renamed to Acergy in 2006. In the mean time also repainting all the vessels in a more acceptable & fashionable red. You can (almost) never go wrong with red.
They may have had ugly vessels but as a saturation diver working on these vessels I can with authority state that Seaway diving was the best company I ever worked for and the best group of work mates I ever had over my 15 years in the North Sea Happy gone days
As the diving superintendant on the first Seaway Eagle, we had the best crew and equipment money could buy. no one ever quit on our crew. It was the best of the best right to the end.
I was on the Swan (1979+ -) and still think she was the best . With a double leg launch bells, I’ve been on over the side launch and moon pool systems.
I worked on the first Seaway Eagle, Hawk and Swan in the North Sea and India. I agree with all of the above.
I was on the Hawk 1977-1979. Great days and great runs ashore!
Hi my name is Chris Gardiner.I worked on the Seaway Hawk ,Eagle and Swan.I lve in Canada now just wondering if i can contact some of my old dive buddies!Mike Murhpy and i worked alot of a time as a team.He lives in Costa Rica now
I was on the Seaway Eagle, Hawk and Falcon 1974 -1980. Indeed, what great times. Still in touch with Martin Woodward.
Very good company! I was captain on “Seaway Falcon” a period in 1976. I miss photos from “Seaway Swan”, an H-3 diving/construction/firefighting platform bilt in Finland 1976-77. I was platform manager/captain during building phase. Later “Seaway Swan” was converted to a drilling rig and is now the “Transocean Marianas”.
I worked on the conversion of the Seaway Falcon in Mactan Island Shipyard, Philippines in 1992 from Petrel drill ship to a Flexible pipelay down the moon pool and later a Rigid J lay over the aft stinger. Later we fitted aft crane and a fully automated rotating friction welding machine line. All these ships are hard working vessels and our job is to make them function not to make them pretty.
Ron Church ………. do you remember the run ashore we had in Bombay when
we were on the Seaway Hawk?
Hi Ron
Yes I remember that run ashore ! It was epic!! Hope you are keeping well. I live in Vancouver now. Been here sine I left Seaways. Murphy lives in Costa Rica
Cheers
Chriis
I worked on the original Eagle, the Swan, Condor, original Falcon and Pelican from 1979 to 1994. They were great vessels for offshore diving. I was very happy working on them as LSS and medic. I think to describe them as ugly is because the writer doesn’t understand what they did.
uhm…..sorry to burst your bubble: Master / SDPO on Diving Support, SubSea Construction & Offshore Support vessels. I do think I know what I’m talking about.
This ship looks like a pile of the most useless things put together!
After watching the film Kursk while travelling back to NZ, where I now live, I was interested to see what had happened to the old Seaway boats. I was on the Hawk late 70’s early 80’s, ending up in Bombay with messrs Luck, Schwab, Gardiner, Murphy, Church et al. As you say, in those days it was a great company to work for and the runs ashore with the lads was some of the best times I have ever had.