SFF Services Limited

Established in 1986 by the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF), SFF Services (SFFSL) provides offshore marine industries with a range of vessel and personnel services.

SFF Services Limited provides the platform for fishing vessels to be used by the offshore oil and gas, renewables and subsea cable sectors as guard vessels to provide protection for vulnerable subsea infrastructure such as pipelines under construction, wellheads awaiting full protection, power, renewable energy, telecommunication and umbilical cables.  Vessels are also used to undertake post decommissioning and debris clearance trawl sweeps, overtrawlability verification work and a variety of survey (including seismic support vessels and vessels capable of AUV and ROV deployment) and environmental monitoring (including oil spill response) activities.

Offshore Personnel services such as Fisheries Liaison Officers (FLO) are commonly provided aboard Clients’ Construction Vessels and on Seismic Survey Vessels, to liaise with fishing and general marine traffic encountered during the course of operations with the aim of keeping any disruption to a minimum for all parties.  In addition to the FLO role, personnel are provided to undertake environmental work, such as Marine Mammal Observers (MMO) and Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) operatives.

Onshore consultancy services are also provided.