Vessel was launched at the moment at CemreShipyard
Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard at the moment launched the offshore wind service operations vessel (SOV) for French operator Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA). It is about to reach at Ørsted’s U.Okay. east coast operations and upkeep facility in Grimsby subsequent 12 months and can service the Hornsea Two offshore wind farm, accommodating as much as 64 technicians, who will service and preserve the wind generators, and a further vessel crew.
With a size of 84 meters, the SOV is 2 meters bigger than the brand new Hornsea Two blades which have been manufactured regionally at Siemens Gamesa’s blade manufacturing unit in Hull.
“We’re extremely pleased to be able to reach this exciting milestone for the wind farm,” stated Morten Holm, Head of Operations for Hornsea Two at Ørsted. “Technicians will spend two weeks at a time onboard this vessel as they live, eat and sleep onboard while working offshore. The Wind of Hope has been designed with comfort and practicality in mind and we look forward to welcoming her to her new home in Grimsby.”
“We are delighted to reach a turning point in the construction of this second SOV dedicated to Ørsted’s Hornsea Two windfarm,” stated Kamil Beffa, Deputy CEO of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs.”It means rather a lot to our marine industrial options technique as a accomplice of the Danish wind power chief. It can also be an thrilling dedication in favor of unpolluted and renewable power and our continued concentrate on security and environmental footprint with revolutionary ship designs.”
Working as an lodging base, the Wind of Hope has been fitted with quite a few modifications supposed to make sure that shift patterns offshore are as comfy as doable for the crew.
A movement compensated gangway permits technicians to stroll to work from the ship straight onto the transition piece of the turbine they’re required to entry, while the onboard helideck allows environment friendly crew and cargo transfers to happen.
Vessel’s important specs:
Length: 84.00 meters
Breadth: 19.40 meters
Depth: 7.00 meters
Design draft: 5.00 meters
Propulsion: Diesel-electric, DP2 Dynamic Positioning
Accommodations: Capacity of 90 individuals together with as much as 64 windfarm technicians.
Vessel’s switch specs:
- A daughter craft with a capability of 8 technicians and 1 ton of cargo
- A movement compensated gangway (about 19 meters vary)
- A movement compensated crane (1 ton at 23 meters)
Vessel previous to getting into water
