The UK oil and gas industry's Helicopter Safety SteeringGroup last night gave Super Puma choppers the green light to carry offshoreworkers to and from oil platforms.

Rates for anchor handling tug supply vessels hadtrebled to close to NOK 1m ($163,000) daily during the five day ban as vesselswere hired for passenger runs.

It is too soon to say what immediate impact lifting of themoratorium has had on spot charter rates but brokers say demand for passengerruns is likely to dissipate.

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