Intelligence Node · AI-09
Weekly AI Briefing
Fleet utilisation has crossed 87% for the first time — offshore throughput is now bottlenecked by HUC crew certification, not vessel availability.
Marine fleet (2 accommodation/work barges, 4 workboats, 1 AHTS, 1 MOPU = 8 vessels) reached 87% utilisation, a record, driven by Banang MOPU on station and the AHTS supporting Sarawak campaigns. The constraint has shifted to HUC certified-crew availability on three concurrent PETRONAS scopes — meaning further charters will not unlock more campaign throughput.
Accelerating the offshore technician apprentice cohort and qualifying 12 additional HUC team leads will move the binding constraint outward and likely add another 5–7% effective campaign throughput ahead of the SW monsoon window.
Sources · Internal ERP + Bloomberg + AI scrape