KUALA LUMPUR: Icon Offshore Bhd
has received a RM7.7mil contract from ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Malaysia Inc to provide two anchor handling tug/supply vessels.
The offshore support vessel provider told Bursa Malaysia that it had started to provide the vehicles - Icon Zara from Sept 30 and Icon Ikhlas from Oct 1. Icon Zara will continue for six months with an option for a one-month extension while Icon Ikhlas’ service will span three months. Under the short-term contract, Icon Offshore’s unit Icon Offshore Group Sdn Bhd is required to provide. among others, transportation of supplies from supply bases to drilling rigs/platform and vice versa. Icon Offshore, which in June marked its first anniversary as a public listed company, has been led by deputy chief executive officer Captain Hassan Ali following the six-month leave of absence granted to its CEO and COO starting April 27 in order to assist in Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission investigations.
