When Rederij Groen, a Scheveningen-based service supplier to the offshore industry, secured a long-term charter contract for two chase vessels for seismographic research, the question arose whether to refit two fishing cutters - as had been done in the past - or to build new ships. The scale tipped in favour of newbuilds, and together with Saltwater Engineering and Maaskant Shipyards, the first purpose-built Seismic Research Support Vessels were built.
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