A fire, which broke out on the ROV Subsea Viking last night while it was moored at Hatson Pier in Scotland’s Orkney Islands, led to an exclusion zone being put out around the pier. The fire was quickly extinguished, but a local coastguard tug continued to pour water over the vessel for many hours into the early morning in a bid to cool gas cylinders stored on the deck.
The 1999-built Subsea Viking is a construction / flexlay vessel owned by Eidesvik Shipping and on charter to Subsea 7.
A ferry due to call at the pier last night diverted to a neighbouring facility.