Several hundred offshore vessels stand in the way of a much needed upturn on the market for offshore supply vessels, as there are still too many out-of-work vessels compared to demand from oil and gas companies.
As a result, the ship operators will have to take firm action and accelerate the scrapping efforts for older and stacked vessels if they want to see meaningful returns in their financials.
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