This week at MarineLink…A noteworthy vessel was introduced to the fixed-bottom offshore wind sector this week. The offshore installation vessel Boreas was delivered to Van Oord by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore in
This week at MarineLink…
A noteworthy vessel was introduced to the fixed-bottom offshore wind sector this week. The offshore installation vessel Boreas was delivered to Van Oord by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore in China. The vessel will be the largest of its kind once operational, and it is purpose-built for the transport and installation of foundations and turbines up to 20MW capacity turbines.
China’s Dongfang Electric is already building 26MW turbines, part of an on-going upsizing of projects that is driving up the size of these specialized, high-spec vessels.
Also this week, DeepOcean signed a charter contract for the high-spec subsea vessel Orient Adventurer. DeepOcean will employ the vessel globally for offshore wind maintenance and installation as well as high-end inspection, maintenance and repair, construction, and recycling of offshore oil and gas infrastructure.
Multi-purpose vessels such as the Orient Adventurer can work on both fixed wind and oil and gas projects.
However, the transfer of vessels to floating wind is not always going to be easy, reports Philip Lewis, Research Director, Intelatus Global Partners, in the December 2024 issue of Maritime Reporter magazine.
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