AS Tallinna Sadam’s subsidiary OÜ TS Shipping has signed an agreement to charter the multifunctional icebreaker MPSV Botnica to the Aibel Seatrium Consortium ANS for use as an accommodation vessel on a North Sea project, sources indicated on 14 September 2026.
The agreement, as described in the report, will see the MPSV Botnica deployed in a hotel and support role for the duration of a planned engineering project in the North Sea, with the charter arranged through OÜ TS Shipping on behalf of the vessel’s commercial interests.
The estimated duration of the initial charter is 30 days and the contract includes options for extension; the charter is scheduled to commence in September 2026, according to the published item.
Vessel assignment
The vessel named in the announcement is the MPSV Botnica, identified by the reporting outlet as a multifunctional icebreaker, which the chartering party will employ specifically as an accommodation vessel for the project in the North Sea.
OÜ TS Shipping is named as the counterparty to the Aibel Seatrium Consortium ANS in the report, and the firm is described in the same notice as a subsidiary of AS Tallinna Sadam, linking the charter to the Estonian port authority’s corporate group.
The chartering party in the item is the Aibel Seatrium Consortium ANS, whose agreement with OÜ TS Shipping covers the hire of the MPSV Botnica for the stated period and purpose, with the report noting that the arrangement is tied to an operational requirement in the North Sea.
Charter terms and timing
The notice makes clear that the initial booking is for approximately 30 days and that both parties have provided for options to extend the hire beyond that period, while scheduling the start of the charter in September 2026 as the operational window for the vessel’s accommodation duties.
The report published on 14 September 2026 by reports provides the primary public account of the agreement between OÜ TS Shipping and the Aibel Seatrium Consortium ANS and sets out the key commercial parameters that will govern the MPSV Botnica’s near-term deployment in the North Sea.