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[ What we do ]

Marine Operations & Vessel Management

Ross Offshore is your trusted partner for marine operations and vessel management, delivering safe, efficient and predictable offshore execution. From planning and vessel selection to offshore operations and project close-out, we provide end-to-end marine support.

Marine operations are becoming increasingly complex, involving multiple contractors, specialised vessels, stringent HSEQ requirements, and significant operational and commercial risk. Whether executing offshore installation campaigns, rig moves, mooring operations, asset relocations or decommissioning projects, operators require experienced partners who can ensure safe execution, maintain project control, and secure the right marine resources throughout the campaign.

Ross Offshore delivers integrated marine operations and vessel management services across the full project lifecycle. We support offshore energy projects through marine project management, engineering, offshore supervision, HSEQ oversight, vessel sourcing and procurement, technical assurance, and execution management. Our teams manage transport and installation campaigns, towing and mooring operations, rig moves, floater relocations, subsea asset installation and removal, and decommissioning activities, while also ensuring vessels are technically suitable, contractually controlled, compliant, and operationally ready throughout mobilisation and execution.

What differentiates Ross Offshore is the combination of practical offshore experience and technical expertise. With decades of experience managing marine operations, mooring systems, and vessel campaigns, we understand the operational realities and risks our clients face. Through a structured delivery model, robust risk management, and access to vessels under management mandates and to third-party tonnage sourced to the scope, we provide safe, efficient, and cost-effective marine solutions with clear accountability from planning through project close-out. Ross Offshore owns no vessels or rigs; the vessels we bring to a campaign are under management mandates from their owners, matched to the scope.

[ Marine Operations & Vessel Management ]

Operational flexibility, built around your scope.

  • View from a ship's bridge showing two radar screens and the ocean with three ships and an offshore oil platform in the distance.
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    Marine Operations Management

    Planning, management and execution of offshore marine campaigns from concept through completion.

  • View from a ship deck looking out over the ocean at an offshore oil drilling platform with a tugboat nearby under a cloudy sky at sunset.
    02

    Transport, Installation & Asset Relocation

    Delivery of T&I, towing, mooring, floater relocation and offshore asset movements.

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    Vessel Management & Procurement

    Vessel sourcing, technical evaluation, procurement, contract negotiation and vessel selection.

  • View from the deck of a ship showing two cranes and yellow equipment boxes, with an offshore oil rig visible in the distance on a calm sea under a cloudy sky.
    04

    Vessel Assurance & Operational Readiness

    Compliance reviews, certification verification, inspections, mobilisation readiness, vetting support and performance monitoring.

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[ Our value ]

Why Ross Offshore

Ross Offshore has delivered marine operations for clients across the UK and Norwegian continental shelf for almost 30 years.

  • End-to-end offshore campaign delivery from planning and engineering through offshore execution, demobilisation and close-out.

  • Single-point responsibility across project management, HSEQ, cost and risk management, procurement and compliance.  

  • Fit-for-purpose tonnage, combining vessels under management mandates and third-party tonnage sourced to capability, availability and cost.

  • Full vessel procurement and assurance, covering technical evaluation, contracting, certification, inspections and mobilisation readiness.

  • Hands-on expertise in complex relocations, spanning MODUs, FPSOs, FSOs, towing, positioning and mooring operations.

  • Three vessels under management mandates.

  • 30~

    Years marine operations experience

  • 250+

    Managed marine & subsea projects

  • 1,000+

    Vessel fixtures

  • 300+

    Managed rig moves

[ Our people ]

Combining Ross Offshore legacy in North Sea operations with global capability.

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Jan Schoolmeesters

Jan Schoolmeesters

CEO Ross Offshore

Morten Ege

Morten Ege

Vessel & Chartering Manager

Eivind Glærum

Eivind Glærum

Marine Operations Manager

Lena Meling Bøe

Lena Meling Bøe

Manager HSEQ

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