Seamec Limited (526807) Earnings Call Transcript & Summary

Ladies and gentlemen, good day, and welcome to Seamec Limited Q2 FY '26 Conference Call hosted by Arihant Capital Markets Limited. [Operator Instructions] Please note that this conference is being recorded. I now hand the conference over to Mr. Balasubramanian. Thank you, and over to you, sir.

Thank you. Sasha. Good afternoon, everyone. On behalf of Arihant Capital, I welcome you to the earnings call of Seamec Limited for Q2 FY '26. From the management side today, we have Mr. Rajeev Goel, Non-Executive Director; Mr. Vinay Kumar Agarwal, CFO; and Mr. Sunil Gupta, Vice President, Strategy and Investor Relations. We welcome the management of Seamec on this call. Now I invite Mr. Rajeev Goel, Non-Executive Director, to give his opening remarks, following which we will open the floor for Q&A. Over to you, sir.

So good morning all. I'm Rajeev Goel, I'm Non-Executive Director for Seamec. And I would like to extend a warm welcome to all of you to Seamec Q2 and H1 FY '26 earnings call. And I really thank you for taking the time to join us today. I'm joined on this call by our Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Vinay Agarwal; and our Vice President, Strategy and Investor Relations, Mr. Sunil Gupta, both are veterans in their field and very experienced. I would like to highlight here that the Indian petroleum and energy sector is undergoing a transformative expansion, poised to play a defining role in shaping the global energy future, India's energy journey. And this India's energy journey has reflected till date a remarkable progress, which is driven by the visionary policy, rapid innovation and sustained investments across various sectors of refining, biofuel and green energy all undertaken by the Government of India and our Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas under the leadership of Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri, our Union Minister. As of now, our capacity stands at about 258 million metric tons per annum, and we are on track to reach 310 million metric tons by 2030 with long-term plans to scale it further. As said, this expansion will consolidate India's position amongst the top 3 refining hubs globally as around 20% of the existing global refinery capacity faces potential closure by 2035. While the global energy market is expected to grow at a slow pace with several refineries worldwide facing closure, India stands out as a bright spot, projected to increase its contribution to nearly 33% of global energy demand in the coming decade. As far as Seamec was concerned, so this was a very challenging quarter for us being the monsoon quarter, as we all call it very fondly. And this is a period when majority of our vessels, they are unable to work because of the weather, and there were restrictions on their deployment. Coupled with that, we also faced some operational headwinds, especially with regard to our vessel Swordfish. And we have discussed about Swordfish in the previous investor calls also. Unfortunately, this vessel experienced a technical breakdown in mid-August after having successfully deployed with the Aramco and which impacted its availability of charter hire. But as of now, all those effects are duly rectified and the vessel is in the field and is fully operational. Further, I'm pleased to announce that our Barge team at Glorious has entered into a firm charter party with L&T for work in the Mumbai High and Western offshore region for a firm period of 150 days, and this barge is already mobilized in the field with L&T. We have also secured a charter hire agreement worth INR 6.3 crores with HAL Offshore for the charter of its vessel Goodman. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with the DG Shipping to invest approximately almost INR 1,000 crores in our maritime business. Monsoon seasonality continues to be a factor in the offshore segment, impacting mobilization and chartering activity. However, given the new contracts secured, we expect the operations to improve as the chartering activity picks up and monsoon impact trades. The next few quarters will be very meaningful to us as we capitalize on the up cycle and continue strengthening our foundation for sustainable growth. Thank you for your time and continued trust. I would now hand over the floor to Mr. Vinay Agarwal, our CFO, who will provide you a detailed overview of our financial performance for Q2 and H1 FY '26. Thank you very much.

Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you, Rajeev-ji. I warmly welcome everyone participating in today's Q2 and H1 FY '26 earnings call. Allow me to walk you through the stand-alone and consolidated financial performance for the second quarter and first half of FY '26. Our consolidated top line for the quarter stood at INR 108 crores compared to INR 110 crores in Q2 FY '25 reflecting 3% decline year-on-year basis. As a stand-alone basis revenue stood at INR 91 crores versus INR 102 crores in same period previous year. For H1 FY '26 our revenue at consol level stood at INR 338 crores compared to INR 333 crores in H1 FY '25, up by 2%. At the stand-alone level H1 FY '26 resulted in revenue INR 314 crores versus INR 320 crores in the first half of last year with 3% decline. EBITDA for the quarter at consol level was INR 18 crores in Q2 FY '26 against INR 38 crores in Q4 FY '25. On a stand-alone basis, EBITDA stood at INR 9 crores in Q2 FY '26 compared to INR 37 crores in Q2 FY '25. Consolidated EBITDA for H1 FY '26 stood at INR 135 crores versus INR 119 crores in H1 FY '25. At the stand-alone level, EBITDA was INR 125 crores in H1 '26 against INR 123 crores in H1 FY '25. Decline in performance was happened mainly due to unscheduled breakdown of our vessel Seamec Swordfish during the current quarter which is now [ projecting ] all right and it is working in the field. Hence on consolidated basis resulted in a loss of INR 26 crores compared to profit of [ INR 22 crores ] in the same quarter of the previous year. On a stand-alone basis, loss was INR 26 crores in Q2 FY '26 versus profit of INR 3 crores in Q2 FY '25. H1 FY '26 resulted in the PAT of INR 50 crores same as in H1 FY '25 at the consolidated level. PAT at the stand-alone level was INR 54 crores in H1 FY '26 against INR 55 crores in H1 FY '25. Both the ROCE and ROE stood at 8% at the consolidated level. Thank you for your continued support. With all our fleet up and running now, we are confident to get back on track in the upcoming quarter. Now I would like to open the floor for question and answer. Thank you.

[Operator Instructions] The first question comes from the line of who is an Abu Rafe, an individual investor.

I have a few questions. In recent quarters, there appears to be an increase in the frequency of vessel breakdowns. Could you please elaborate on the management strategy and action plan to minimize such occurrences and ensure faster resolution when breakdowns do occur?

You have more questions or we answer one by one?

One by one would be better, sir, for me.

Sure. So see, as we have been guiding the investors, some of our vessels are already quite old, okay? And with the age, the breakdown is quite possible. We are adding newer vessels to the fleet, which is one solution. Secondly, we are doing higher focus on the preventive maintenance. And third, we are also taking care of keeping some spares, which can help reducing the downtime. I hope I answered your question.

Okay. All right. Sir, my next question is, in your previous con calls, you have mentioned that there's a lot of work available in the market, but we don't have enough vessels to meet the demand. So I wanted to understand, can't we just lease the vessels from other company and get the work done? Is it not possible for us?

Rajeev-ji, I would like to answer.

Thank you for your question. So leasing vessels from other company and then adding my services to that vessel and then further giving to the customer is not financially feasible because, see, please understand, so this is a CapEx business. When you go for charter hire of a vessel, there are so many conditions involved to that, especially as you have just mentioned regarding the breakdown and maintenance of the vessel, right? So we have to ensure that we get a very good vessel with a good track record of being in the field and then the lease charges have to be like financially feasible. And our experience here has been that whenever we have tried this experiment at the end of the contract, after taking into account all contingencies and everything, the returns are not so attractive to really outweigh the effort that we put in, in such contracts. And as of now, I'm very happy to say that almost the entire fleet is working in the field, fully operational. And yes, we are always looking out for increasing our fleet size considering the demand option that we have at our disposal.

One thing to add as Rajeev-ji mentioned. See, we had almost done a CapEx of INR 500 crores about 2, 3 years back, okay? This year, we have again committed INR 800 crores for expansion of our fleet. So this is an ongoing journey, and we will make sure that the cash flows and the opportunities are aligned in a manner that we don't miss out on opportunities.

Okay. All right. Sir, one last question from my side, and I'll join the queue back. Sir, when can we expect the delivery of Anant?

So in Anant, so we have got finally the shareholder approval for the RPT transaction that just got -- that e-voting just got concluded on 31st of October. And now the further process of approvals from DG Shipping, ONGC, we can approach them. And as of now, our plan is to mobilize it by 1st of Feb, and that is what is also part of our financial budget, and we are looking forward to meet the timelines.

The next question comes from the line of Manhar Rao from Orbit Capital.

Yes. So my question is, sir, Seamec Swordfish was almost operational for about 75 days this quarter. And then we also had Seamec Paladin almost operational for the entire quarter. So if I just take the revenue of these 2 on a stand-alone basis, it should have been INR 80 crores. On top of that, I had Princess, Diamond and even Seamec II was operational for some point of time. So how come we have done only INR 82 crores on a stand-alone basis for this quarter? Because as per either these 2 ships, Swordfish and Paladin should have suffice that revenue which we have done this quarter?

Request Vinay-ji to answer this.

Whatever you are saying, sir, in case of Swordfish and in case of Paladin. Paladin, we have worked for full quarter but in case of Swordfish, we have worked only for 21, 22-odd days. So revenue is not sufficient, whatever you are saying. Whatever we have reported is as per the deployment chart of our vessel. And you are right in saying that had we would have deployed this vessel for the entire quarter, revenue would have been much better. But Swordfish was deployed only for 22 days and Paladin...

Sorry to cut in between. Actually, we had only a notification that August 28 till 12 September, Swordfish was not deployed. So how come only 22 days, sir, even if I remove from 28th August to 12 September, which is about 15 days from 90 days, from my calculation, it comes about 75 days.

No, no. I would like to add just one thing. In this quarter, we have started our deployment for Swordfish effective around 14th or 15th of August. And it remained on hire for 3, 4 days, then went off hire due to some breakdown, then again redeployed somewhere around 10th or 12th September and worked till quarter end. So effectively, since Swordfish has worked 22, there may be some calculation error on your part, but this is how things worked.

Got it, sir. Just a follow-up on this, Seamec Swordfish, the contract was supposed to start from May of 2022, and this is a 730 days contract. So sir, just to understand, is this a continuous contract? Because why did we just deploy it from August? I mean...

You are right in saying this Swordfish was supposed to be deployed from May effectively April 2025 due to certain visa issues, which we have already notified to the exchanges and in our investors call to all the investors due to certain visa restriction by Saudi government, we could not deploy it for quite some time, say, by July. Then after there are certain operational issues, there are a few lineup of Gita, Seetah. Then finally, we deployed our vessel effective August 2025, and it's a long-term contract of 2 years with Safeen, and it will work for 2 years effective -- we will need to complete 2 years period of 730-odd days. So we will continue and we will complete that contract.

Got it. Sir, my second question is last year, the Barge, it was almost the day rate was coming at USD 75,000 and this time, it is almost USD 22,000 per day. I'm not exactly quoting the price, but it is almost 1/3 of what we contracted last year, the Seamec Glorious, okay? So why did this happen, sir? Why such a big drop?

So sir, in case of Glorious, whatever you are saying is partly right. This year, we have contracted our Glorious only on charter day rate basis, and we have not added any other services. Earlier, whenever we are working with ONGC, this includes driving services as well, which incurred huge cost. So both the contracts are not comparable at all. In this contract, which we have entered with L&T, we are providing only Barge along with...

Okay.

So there is a difference.

Okay. Got it. Sir, another last question from my side before joining the queue. On a year-on basis, if I compare both H1 of this year and H1 of last year, our employee cost is up by 25%. And even this quarter on an operational cost basis, we have incurred a lot of cost. So I just wanted to understand despite revenue almost being flat, why are the employee cost increasing at such a rapid pace almost 25% will be increased as we compare H1 of this year to H1 of last year?

Sir, if you look at the numbers when we say employee cost in our case, this include crew cost. Our crew deployed as per vessel. So in this quarter if you have added Seamec Swordfish in our fleet. Earlier this was not there but crew was deployed on the vessel though it was not earning revenue. So when you compared revenue there is no growth in the revenue, but definitely up and running from crew perspective so we have incurred cost on crew and the overall cost has gone up.

Okay. So we have the employees, but the deployment was not there, hence the cost has gone up.

Right.

Is that right understanding, sir.

Crew was there on the vessel for fleet but it couldn't perform. So you are right.

Got it. Sir, really sorry, just one last in Q1, we didn't have any revenue from Swordfish. My understanding is right. Quarter 1 of this financial year, we didn't do have any revenue from Swordfish because you are telling it was deployed from August.

Sir, in the initial period of May, there was a small revenue. There was mobilization revenue and some 10-odd days of revenue during May, so there was through revenue.

The next question comes from the line of Tejas who is an individual investor.

Just one question is that since we have these breakups and breakdowns on the site as a part of a contract, do we also have some penalty incorporated? Or is only just a loss of revenue that we have to incur?

Mr. Tejas, thank you for your question. So when we plan and make the budgets for a particular charter hire contract, so we do take into account the budget for maintenance. And definitely, if the vessel is not operating, we lose that particular period of charter hire from the customer. In case of ONGC, if that breakdown is -- there is a clause which says that further penalties are applicable, and if these breakdowns are due to vessel or due to the outside services, accordingly, they are a portion in the books of accounts. So yes, penalties are there. But accordingly, the [indiscernible] are also part of our budget. The only issue that we really face is when these breakdowns are like unplanned or there's some accident or something like that, that is where we actually incur loss.

And so as I understand, sir, it's -- these penalties are not part of every contract. It will differ from contract to contract. Is that a better understanding?

Yes. It all depends from contract to contract. So primarily, it is the loss of revenue when the vessel is not working. However, in the case of ONGC, the contract says application of current...

And what is the rough percentage of this penalty, sir, just your very...

When we calculate the breakdown, so we calculate it on an hourly basis, right? So out of 24 hours, if the vessel is not working even for 6 hours and what is the type of breakdown. Accordingly, the penalty varies from, say, 20% of charter hire to up to almost 2.5x of the charter hire. So there are flat, there are detailed information that what breakdown constitutes a major breakdown, a minor breakdown or a vessel not fully operational. All those are part of the confidential agreement that we have done with the ONGC, but we are also accounting for it.

Okay. Sir, the last question from my end is, there was a doubtful allowance in your INR 140 crores. Any status on that? Have we -- are we receiving it? Are we doing any -- taking any action on that? Is it clear or still pending, sir?

Request Vinay, to please answer.

Sir, you are referring INR 140-odd crores, right?

That's correct. INR 140 crores, INR 138 crores, yes, sir.

Sir, this pertains to year '15, '16 and this pertains to Swiber, we have already fully provided. And there are less chances to deploy anything. But no more impact will be seen in our financials. Everything has been provided.

The next question comes from the line of Keshav Garg from Counter Cycle PMS.

Sir, I wanted to understand that if you see pre-COVID, our margin used to be less than 20%. I'm talking from 2014 to '18. But sir, post-COVID, the margins have been above 30%, around 35%. Sir, so what is the reason for this? Is it because the rates have gone up, the charter rates have gone up? Is that the reason or there is something else?

Keshav, there are 2 reasons. Yes, the charter rates have gone up. Secondly, the mix of the business has also changed. So there are 2 kind of businesses we do. One is EPC contracts and other is IMR contracts. The ratio of IMR contracts is going up where there is higher margin business and this is our focus as a strategy also.

And also we have upgraded the age of our vessel. So we have bought 4 relatively young vessels as compared to the vessels we were operating in the period 2015 to 2018. And because young vessels have lesser repair and maintenance as compared to old vessels, that is also one of the factors that has contributed to this.

Sir, so now to the extent that the margins have gone up due to the higher charter rates. Sir, so now when the charter rates are higher, I'm assuming the vessel -- the new vessel cost would also be higher and vice versa. Sir, so the ideal time to expand the fleet is when the charter hire rates are very low, so that the capital cost is also low and the cost of acquisition is low and vice versa. Sir, but now that the charter rates are high and I'm assuming that we must be paying a premium to acquire the new vessels, sir, so how sound is this strategy? And sir, going forward, since everything is cyclical, then if next time when the charter rates go down, sir, will we not be stranded with high-cost assets?

So I would like to reply here that the type of vessels that we upgrade are called Multi-Support Vessels, right? And these are very highly specialized equipment with very limited number available globally. So just to give a broad context here. So I'm the only multi-support vessel owner with a fleet in India and the biggest in Asia Pacific. Means it is not up to me that these vessels are readily available for purchase in the market. However, if I plan to construct a vessel, the minimum time that yard takes is almost 2.5 to 3 years to deliver an MSV fully constructed and new brand. So this charter hire cycle as such, it is not fully dependent on the oil prices because this is towards the cost of extraction of oil, which is a continuous activity. Only thing is when the oil prices are higher, yes, the charter rates do increase. And when the oil prices are lower, they do decrease, but not in the same proportion. That is a very minimal impact. It is more about the type of services that we can provide with the vessels that we have in our hand. So what we have done, as I said, is that we have got a younger vessel. We have also shifted the type of service mix that we are providing as a service provider to our customers. And all these efforts have really resulted in increasing the charter rates. And we are very firmly in belief that these kinds of charter rates will prevail for the upcoming next 4, 5 years also. And maybe if we can further add more and more to our service, definitely, we can also look at even higher rates.

Sir, so now sir, let's assume that if oil prices, if they continue to go down, of which there is a fair chance of, let's say, going to somewhere around $50. Sir, so ONGC might not immediately cut its CapEx, but sir, globally, the private players who are doing offshore activity, they might cut down on the -- at least the exploration -- offshore exploration part. And sir, all those surplus support vehicles might start bidding for ONGC tender, resulting in lower charter hire rates. Sir, so is that a possibility?

No, sir. Because when we talk of oil exploration, when we are talking about rigs. When we talk about providing services to an oil field, which is already extracting oil, then we talk of the diving support vessels, the offshore supply vessels and all other things. So there is vast difference between the type of vessels which are used in oil exploration and the vessels which are used in providing services to the oil field which is already extracting oil. And once an oil field becomes operational, then what matters is the cost of extracting that oil, right? So whatever be the oil price, you don't stop extracting oil. As far as we are concerned, yes, we are fully occupied with ONGC and with the limited assets that we have in our hand. We are only one of our assets is deployed with Aramco. Again, Aramco is such a big company that thinking that when the oil prices will go down, they will stop extracting oil is not possible.

Sir, so one final question. Sir, what is our strategy to apply a new vessel? Sir, how do we determine that the price at that I am buying this new vessel for. Sir, so basically what is the IRR that you are expecting when you are buying a new vessel?

So whenever we plan a new vessel, the age of the vessel as per as shipping norms is 25 years. In case of MSVs, it is even higher, right? So it has to be a match between the proposed charter where we are going to deploy the vessel, the time period of the charter versus the cost of acquisition. And suppose I get a charter of 3 years or 5 years and I put that I am able almost that 50% of the total CapEx as a payback during this charter period then I know that the value of the vessel left at the end of the contract with its remaining life is a very lucrative proposition. And that is how in this industry, we all plan our CapEx.

Sir, so what would be the replacement cost of our existing fleet, if we sell it in the market?

Replacement cost right now, we are -- there are at least 3 vessels which are quite old. And a typical new MSV, although it is far more superior with better equipment, upgraded equipment and its capability to perform is almost 1.5x of these old vessels but that is -- right now, the market is looking at almost like $100 million for a new vessel.

Sir, so since we are having old vessels, sir, how can we compare it with the new vessels? Sir, we should -- sir, I'm asking what is -- if we sell our -- all our 7 vessels today in the market, sir, what is the tentative price that we can get for them on as is where is current state, not the equivalent new vessel of same capacity?

May I answer, Rajeev-ji?

Yes, yes, please.

Sir, this is a very theoretical question. Let me tell you. You remember there was a time when SEBI asked all the mutual funds that if you have to sell your portfolio, how much time you will liquidate, right? And people said 5 days, 10 days, 15 days. But you think that if all mutual fund comes and start selling stocks, they'll be able to liquidate the stocks in 5, 7 days, 10 days, 15 days. See, as Rajeev-ji said, a new vessel takes around $100 million, okay? Today, if you compare our -- the entire fleet theoretical value would be in the range of 1,500 to 1,800. But can I sell that -- all the fleet at one go? Not possible. Okay. We are the buyer of fleet today. We are not the sellers of fleet.

Right, sir. And sir, lastly, sir, what would be the debt on our balance sheet on 31st March 2026?

Net debt on 31st March '26 would be roughly about INR 300 crores to INR 400 crores.

The next question comes from the line of Khushi Jain from Trident Asset Management.

Sir, my first question is you have taken the delivery of thing like Agastya. Is the vessel already concentrated on growth commence from December '25 and basically what is the daily and constant contract duration for its initial deployment?

So as per our Agastya proposal, this is vessel is on scheduled to be deployed from December '25 and contract in hand, vessel will be deployed the next 4 years with ONGC through HAL Offshore and it's -- the rate is USD 25,000 per day.

Okay. And sir, how does the acquisition cost and expected return portfolio compared to the recent acquisition of Seamec Swordfish.

The acquisition cost was $23 million, which is around INR 200 crores. And we have about minimum 8 years of life for the vessel. This is just the 8 years of life, while the practical life will be much higher, we expect the IRR to be upwards of 20%.

Okay. Got it. Sir, my next question is the MOU with the general shipping of INR 1,000 crores in CapEx is major commitment. So what is the specific allocation of the capital, sir?

Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Vinay. So we all know that recently, the Government of India had this Maritime Conference in Mumbai and almost everyone in the industry participated in that. And because of the various benefits that has recently been announced by the government for the yards, the shipbuilding yards and for shipping industry as a whole, this becomes a very -- like very attractive for us also now to invest in new vessels. So maybe we are looking at a fleet of MSVs, but we are also open now to look at the options of other vessels, which can give us a similar payback. So that is why we were a participant in this Maritime Conference. And we offered the government that we are ready to invest. We gave a commitment sort of to invest almost at INR 1,000 crores in CapEx over the next few years. And we have also given -- all of us jointly have also given a memorandum of what is our further expectations from the ministry. And we are quite hopeful that the way government is responding so positively to the industry as a whole across various sectors, this shipping industry will also be a major beneficiary.

Okay. Sir, so what will be the expected savings for the spend over the coming years and how it will be funded?

So as of now, it's an MOU that we have done with the Government of India. And the timelines, the funding patterns, the exact number of vessels we are looking at, the type of vessels that we are looking at. So we are still in the preparation stage where we will prepare this complete project and then submit to the government and it is under preparation as we went.

Okay. Got it. Sir, I have one more last question. So sir, do you have any strategy to phase out older vessels over the next 5 years as given these vessels as are fully depreciated and have a low cash cost breakeven?

No, that strategy is always there because our present fleet is now almost 10 to 11 vessels. In the last 4 years, we have bought 4 new vessels. We have discarded almost one old vessel. In the coming 5 years, definitely, if we are able to lay hands on new vessels, definitely, we would like to upgrade the age of the fleet because that is where when you start higher revenues, better margins and all those things. It becomes -- and that is how you grow almost. So these plans are always there. They are always under supervision, under working that whenever we have an opportunity to buy a new vessel, we will definitely look at it.

Okay. Sir, how do you model the trail of between high margin or fully depreciated assets at a high OpEx availability of an engine?

No. So in India, basically, this leverage is not available to us because there are age norms. And DG Shipping is very firm about those age norms that when the vessel crosses its age, it cannot continue to operate in Indian waters. So our total entire working is within the parameters of the various rules and regulations for DG Shipping, particularly regarding the age. So if my vessel, these old vessels crosses that particular age, then I cannot operate to that trade-off between buying a new vessel and a lesser OpEx versus a vessel which is fully depreciated and a high OpEx is actually not available to us.

[Operator Instructions] The next question comes from the line of Aditya from Sarthak Securities.

Sir, I see that cumulative losses in overseas operations have reduced from INR 66 crores to INR 98 crores. So what is the like management approved plan to bring these subsidiaries into breakeven or even profitability? So if you could provide any milestones or timeline for that?

So see, we have been telling our investors in various previous calls that we are in continuous focus to ensure reduction in losses and profitable opportunities. This year, we believe that from INR 28 crores last year, we should be hardly INR 5 crores, INR 7 crores. And maybe in next year onwards, it should be breakeven to positive.

Okay. Got it. And the next one the revenue for Seamec U.K. investments is to access the North Sea opportunities. So like given the project if needed by almost 10 years, 15 years so what is the current expected ROIC for this venture? And how does it compare to the company's overall ROCE target of like 11%?

Can you please repeat the question, it was not like audible to me.

Yes. So the rationale for Seamec U.K. investments is through access the North Sea opportunity, right. So like [indiscernible] delayed by almost 10 years, 3 months. So like what is the current expected return on invested capital for this? And how does is compare to the company's overall ROCE target of 11%?

So this particular investment that we did in U.K. So as of now, our plan is to make this office operational. Initial plan was to make this office operational by June 2026. And as of now, what we see is that we should be able to make it operational by September 2026. And this office will act like our [ liaison ] office for the Northern Europe offshore market because sitting here in India with the assets in our hand, although they are fully deployed. But as we see Northern Europe offshore market is a highly lucrative market in terms of flatter hire rates. And because in our plan, we have earlier ventured into Latin America, into U.S., into Middle East. And this is one market where we are very keen and eager because we are fully qualified. So by September 2026, we hope that this office will be operational. Not much of the major CapEx as of now is required for this project because of the total planned CapEx, we are almost over with 80% of the CapEx commitment and investment. Balance 20% also at the end the way we might be able to say something out of it, but that all depends on the pace of the work. So fully committed to give you good news in the coming years.

The next question comes from the line of Mohit Chandani from Value Wise Advisors.

Could you please reiterate the dry dock days for the ship like which ones are coming in next year and then which ones are happening in FY '27 and '28?

So for '26, our Seamec III and Seamec Princess both are slated for dry dock. And Seamec Paladin, we've planned earlier dry dock somewhere in August 2025, but then we got an extension for 6 months and this vessel is also going for dry dock at the end of January 2026. So these are the 3 vessels which are planned for dry dock in 2026. '27 and '28 we are looking at dry dock of Seamec II and we are looking at a very minimal dry dock for Seamec Anant being a new vessel. And we are also looking a dry dock for Swordfish and Nusantara. Nusantara will come at 2028 only, '27 is the [indiscernible]. This dry dock happens after 2.5 years and is typically a 90-day exercise.

Understood sir. And could you please reiterate the day rate for Nusantara and Anant?

So Nusantara we are taking a day rate of USD 25,000 and Anant, it is at nearly USD 45,000. And both contracts for full year with ONGC.

Understood, sir. And Seamec II is going off contract in January this year, right?

So Seamec II contract got override July 2025. But because of some dry dock days and off hire days, the contract was renewed till Feb '26, but by the new DG remaining days will be over by August or September 2026. So it will work till August or September '26.

And post that, sir, will this vessel be available for hire or since it is a very old vessel?

So we yet to firmly decide on that. Reason being see after 2026 to our understanding present situation would be busy shipping allowing this vessel to work till '28. So we need to take a call after the contract gets over looking at the working condition of the vessel, whether it would be feasible to put certain money on dry docking and again go for charter or should we put it on scrap. This call yet to be decided. We are internally discussing and exploring various possibilities on that.

Got it. And are you in the market for new vessels?

Yes, we are exploring all possibilities for acquiring new vessels as well as old one, whatever is the best suitable in the market. We are hoping for execution.

And by when can we expect new vessels to be announced?

This all depends when we get good opportunity in the buying fleet. Whenever there is a good opportunity to acquire, we will let the market know.

Ladies and gentlemen, in the interest of time, that was the last question. I would now like to hand the conference over to Mr. Balasubramanian for closing comments.

Thank you very much. Thank you all participants. I conclude the call. Have a good day.

On behalf of Arihant Capital Markets, that concludes this conference. Thank you for joining us, and you may now disconnect your lines. Thank you.

Thanks, everyone.