Dec 8, 2025
Standardized RFQs Are Reshaping Offshore Vessel Chartering
Standardized RFQs Are Reshaping Offshore Vessel Chartering
As RFQs move from free text to structured fields, chartering cycles compress and DP2 demand stands out. The result: faster shortlists, clearer pricing, and fewer steaming miles.
As RFQs move from free text to structured fields, chartering cycles compress and DP2 demand stands out. The result: faster shortlists, clearer pricing, and fewer steaming miles.
RFQs are finally speaking the same language—and it matters. Across tender threads I’m seeing a quiet shift: owners, brokers, and EPCs aligning on structured RFQ fields (think “Column A = Colonne 1” instead of free text). It sounds trivial, but once specs are standardized, matching stops being guesswork and starts being data-driven.
Operationally, this flips the funnel. Clean inputs—DP class, bollard pull, deck area, fuel type, gangway, cabins, crane curves—produce instant comparables. Charterers move from days of inbox ping-pong to same-day shortlists. Owners with complete, verified profiles surface first and negotiate on capability, not who picks up the phone. The byproduct is real price transparency and fewer surprise exclusions at contract stage.
One concrete trend this exposes: DP2 scarcity dictates pace. The moment RFQs explicitly filter DP2, minimum bollard pull, and deck space, you see the inventory cliffs. DP2 AHTS and MPSVs near wind and subsea hubs get pulled early; non-DP units slide to towage or port work, widening the day-rate spread. In practice, a winter cable repair needing DP2, 150t BP, and 600 m² clear deck can shortlist 3–5 vessels in 48 hours—when data is structured. And because matching happens by coordinates (not contacts), steaming legs shrink, which quietly cuts fuel burn and risk.
This same discipline will improve CTV scheduling, hybrid-fuel adoption tracking, and utilization planning—because the market can finally see like-for-like options in real time.
Takeaway: standardize the RFQ, and the market standardizes outcomes—faster fixes, tighter pricing, lower CO₂.
If you’d like to discuss your offshore projects, reach us anytime at sales@seavium.com.
RFQs are finally speaking the same language—and it matters. Across tender threads I’m seeing a quiet shift: owners, brokers, and EPCs aligning on structured RFQ fields (think “Column A = Colonne 1” instead of free text). It sounds trivial, but once specs are standardized, matching stops being guesswork and starts being data-driven.
Operationally, this flips the funnel. Clean inputs—DP class, bollard pull, deck area, fuel type, gangway, cabins, crane curves—produce instant comparables. Charterers move from days of inbox ping-pong to same-day shortlists. Owners with complete, verified profiles surface first and negotiate on capability, not who picks up the phone. The byproduct is real price transparency and fewer surprise exclusions at contract stage.
One concrete trend this exposes: DP2 scarcity dictates pace. The moment RFQs explicitly filter DP2, minimum bollard pull, and deck space, you see the inventory cliffs. DP2 AHTS and MPSVs near wind and subsea hubs get pulled early; non-DP units slide to towage or port work, widening the day-rate spread. In practice, a winter cable repair needing DP2, 150t BP, and 600 m² clear deck can shortlist 3–5 vessels in 48 hours—when data is structured. And because matching happens by coordinates (not contacts), steaming legs shrink, which quietly cuts fuel burn and risk.
This same discipline will improve CTV scheduling, hybrid-fuel adoption tracking, and utilization planning—because the market can finally see like-for-like options in real time.
Takeaway: standardize the RFQ, and the market standardizes outcomes—faster fixes, tighter pricing, lower CO₂.
If you’d like to discuss your offshore projects, reach us anytime at sales@seavium.com.