Tiger Offshore expands Mediterranean, North Africa presence with CCU fleet acquisition

RAVENNA, Italy -- Tiger Offshore Rentals, a global provider of transportation and storage equipment to the offshore oil and gas industry, has acquired Comea Imprianti Industriali’s entire fleet of DNV-certified offshore cargo carrying units (CCUs) in Italy. The acquisition expands Tiger’s position as the leading provider of offshore rentals in the Mediterranean, North African, and Southern European regions.

“Comea’s substantial inventory of DNV long cargo baskets, containers and special carriers is a welcome addition to our rental fleet in the Mediterranean,” said David McCormack, Tiger Offshore Rental’s manager of international business development. “This acquisition will allow Tiger’s customers to source DNV offshore equipment locally in Italy before deploying for operations in the Mediterranean, North African, and South European regions. This new fleet puts Tiger in the driver’s seat when it comes to providing DNV certified CCU’s, tanks, and skips to the development of Mediterranean offshore plays.”

In conjunction with the acquisition, Tiger and Comea entered into an agency agreement that allows Comea to re-rent Tiger’s full line of DNV certified CCUs, offshore baskets, containers, skips, cuttings boxes, tanks, and carriers to its customers.