UK-based offshore vessel designer Chartwell Marine has began the development of its new Brevity Class crew switch vessel (CTV) on the Diverse Marine shipyard, turning into the newest in its rising pipeline of latest vessel builds to produce the worldwide offshore wind market.
Chartwell Marine’s present new construct pipeline now exceeds 15 vessels throughout six native shipyards – with 14 offshore wind vessels launched and operational at main offshore wind farms, together with two in U.S. waters.
The firm’s newest CTV entered construct in March 2024, and is without doubt one of the three Chartwell-designed ‘stock’ boats to be constructed by Diverse Marine as a part of a novel finance and lease program, which goals to present vessel operators the understanding to spend money on their fleets forward of the subsequent section of European offshore wind growth
It is scheduled for completion within the fourth quarter of 2024, to be joined by its sister vessels within the second and third quarter of 2025, respectively.
“Demand for proven, low emission offshore wind vessels to support construction and operations across Europe, the USA and Asia has never been higher. Finding routes to enable investment into new builds at regional shipyards will be essential for meeting this increasingly urgent requirement, while ensuring that the economic benefits of offshore wind expansion are felt on a local level,” stated Andy Page, Managing Director of Chartwell Marine.
The Brevity Class is a high-powered CTV, able to low-emissions operation, with a signature hull type that allows enhanced maneuverability and stability, in response to Chartwell Marine.
To meet a variety of operational calls for throughout these markets, the Brevity Class can accommodate as much as 32 personnel, with a variety of crew configurations to permit for versatile house planning, and enhanced consolation for longer durations spent offshore.
An extra Brevity Class vessel is at the moment in construct on the Manor Marine shipyard in Portland, Dorset and is because of enter operations as a part of Manor Renewable Energy’s OPUS offshore wind fleet in summer season 2024.
Meanwhile, within the United States, St John’s Ship Building is placing the ending touches on Atlantic Resolute, the second in a sequence of six Chartwell Ambitious Class vessels ordered by Atlantic Wind Transfers (AWT) – the primary U.S. offshore wind farm assist firm. Atlantic Resolute hit the water in March this 12 months, forward of her handover to AWT.
