When launched from the Pallion yard in Sunderland by North East Shipbuilders, Seawell set a new benchmark for multifunctional OSVs. Even today, after 25 years of delivering a decent return for its owners – first Stena Offshore and then Well Ops UK (a unit of Houston company Helix Energy) – this veteran is still regarded as among the best of its kind. Stena Offshore conceived the 114m Seawell (and sistership Wellservicer, launched in 1988) as something of a ‘Swiss army knife&rs....

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