16-year-old Bourbon Offshore AHTS sells above listed price

16-year-old anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel Bourbon Liberty 206 became the latest Bourbon Offshore OSV to sell at auction, drawing a winning bid of US$2.53M, slightly above its listed price. The AHTS, laid up in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, was listed at US$2.43M and drew five bids from two bidders in an auction on 23 October. The vessel had been listed in a previous auction, but the price was reduced from US$2.7M at the owner’s request.

The sale was reported by online auctioneer, Shipbid.net, which has now completed the sale of 12 laid-up OSVs for ICBC Leasing. Shipbid.net spokesperson told OSJ that some of the vessels have been “sold at the starting price, while others were acquired after competitive bidding process. This is a significant milestone,” he said.

OSJ has reported on previous sales from the auction platform.

“As you know, this batch of vessels have been laid-up mostly for a quite long time, and the locations of them mostly in West Africa (Abidjan), South America (Curacao), southeast Asia (Batam), which will cause huge cost for the buyers to shift or transport the vessels. These are a main factor that affects the value of this batch of vessels,” noted the spokesperson.

The 1,478-dwt AHTS vessel has an overall length of 59.78 m, beam of 15 m and a bollard pull of 83 tonnes.