OSV to SOV conversion will see a 280 foot, 2014-built OSV emerge as a battery-hybrid SOV accommodating 90 or extra personnel. [Image: HOS]
Panama City, Fla., headquartered Eastern Shipbuilding Group has been contracted by Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. to transform a 280-foot offshore provide vessel (OSV) to a service operation vessel (SOV). The 280-foot vessel was constructed by Eastern Shipbuilding Group in 2014. It can be transformed on the firm’s 300-acre Allanton Shipyard and can emerge from the OSV to SOV conversion because the HOSSOV 300E, a U.S.-flag, Jones Act compliant vessel able to supporting each building and O&M actions.
The vessel is scheduled for supply within the spring of 2025, prepared to fulfill the rising demand of the U.S. offshore wind trade, in addition to these of the petro-energy flotel market.
“This SOV conversion is a transformational project that will serve the emerging U.S. offshore wind market,” mentioned Joey D’Isernia, CEO of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. “We are proud to be the first shipbuilding company to blaze this trail with a vessel we crafted and with our great partners at Hornbeck Offshore Services.”
“We are excited to expand our deep experience in walk-to-work and offshore accommodation services with a fully capable SOV for the benefit of the offshore wind community and our offshore petroleum clients,” mentioned Todd Hornbeck, president and CEO of Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. “The SOV is a welcomed addition to our high-spec fleet of vessels, as we continue to grow in both our core oilfield and diversified non-oilfield businesses.”
The HOSSOV 300E has been designed in collaboration with Vard Marine, its unique designer, to deal with the important thing “desirements” of the U.S. offshore wind shopper group based mostly upon Vard’s other recent SOV designs. It could have capability to accommodate as much as 90 or extra individuals in flotel or offshore wind service mode, with protected, stepless walk-to-work switch capabilities in as much as 2.5 meter sea states. The SOV can be outfitted with an Uptime International AS 30-meter motion-compensated offshore gangway, a 10-ton 3D-compensated crane, helideck, enclosed warehouse and stepless boat touchdown.
The OSV to SOV conversion will see the vessel’s present diesel-electric powerplant enhanced by a 1,500 kW-hour battery hybrid energy system, enabling lowered emission throughout offshore operations and in harbor transit.
The SOV lodging can be constructed to ABS Comfort Class habitability notation requirements, and can embrace a variety of onboard facilities typical of a newbuild SOV.
