Norway's GC Rieber Shipping has fixed out an offshore construction vessel (OCV) for cable-laying work in the UK.

Tanker and marine services group James Fisher will operate the 11,803-gt Polar Onyx (built 2014) for what could be more than a month, if all options are declared.

The deal begins shortly, the company said, and is in almost direct continuation from a Nigerian charter it carried out in the first and second quarters of this year.

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