Mermaid Maritime Public Company says unit Mermaid Offshore Services (MOS), a provider of sub-sea engineering services to the offshore oil and gas industry, has taken delivery of Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) support vessel M.V. Mermaid Sapphire yesterday from its shipbuilder Jaya Shipbuilding & Engineering.

Mermaid Maritime says the addition of M.V. Mermaid Sapphire expands MOS’s sub-sea fleet capacity to seven vessels. MOS also expects to take delivery of another two newbuild Dive Support Vessels (DSVs), the M.V. Mermaid Asiana and M.V. Mermaid Endurer by the first calendar quarter of 2010.

MOS provides a complete range of sub-sea solutions to offshore oil and gas companies. In addition to its fleet of sub-sea vessels, MOS owns one portable saturation diving system, nine air diving systems and fourteen ROVs, two of which are heavy construction class with deepwater capabilities.