U.S. offshore vessel proprietor Hornbeck Offshore Services, greatest recognized for its offshore oil and fuel help vessel providers, is taking a look at enterprise alternatives within the rising U.S. offshore wind sector in addition to in offshore lodging providers within the oil and fuel space.
For that, Covington, La. primarily based Hornbeck Offshore mentioned Wednesday it had contracted Eastern Shipbuilding Group to transform one in all its just lately acquired 280-foot offshore provide vessels (OSV) to a service operation vessel (SOV) to fulfill the rising demand of the U.S. offshore wind market, in addition to to serve the calls for of the petro-energy flotel market.
Capable of supporting each development and O&M actions, the U.S. flag, Jones Act-compliant vessel was initially constructed by Eastern in 2014 and might be transformed on the firm’s 300-acre Allanton Shipyard in Panama City, Fla. It is anticipated to be out there within the spring of 2025.
The HOSSOV 300E has been designed in collaboration with VARD, the unique designer of the vessel, to handle the important thing “desirements” of the U.S. offshore wind consumer neighborhood primarily based upon VARD’s different latest SOV designs, Hornbeck Offshore mentioned.
According to Hornbeck Offshore, the service operation vessel may have the 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 2.5m sea states.
The SOV might be outfitted with an Uptime 30m motion-compensated offshore gangway, a 10-ton 3D-compensated crane, helideck, enclosed warehouse and stepless boat touchdown.
Its present diesel-electric powerplant might be enhanced by a 1,500 kW-hour battery hybrid energy system, enabling diminished emission throughout offshore operations and in harbor transit, the U.S.-based shipowner mentioned.
The SOV lodging might be constructed to ABS Comfort Class habitability notation requirements, and, Hornbeck Offshore mentioned, will embrace a bunch of onboard facilities typical of a newbuild SOV.
Todd Hornbeck, the corporate’s President and Chief Executive Officer, mentioned, “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.
“The SOV is a welcomed addition to our high-spec fleet of vessels, as we proceed to develop in each our core oilfield and diversified non-oilfield companies.”
Hornbeck just isn’t the primary U.S. offshore vessel proprietor to transform an oil and fuel provide vessel for work within the U.S. offshore wind market. Des Allemands, La. primarily based Otto Candies is changing two of its OSVs to function as SOVs for wind tasks in waters off the U.S. Northeast coast.