Marco Polo Marine, a Singapore- provided offshore vessel firm, is seeking to get in the Japanese offshore wind market and also has actually authorized a memorandum of recognizing with “K” Line Wind Service because respect.
Both events, according to Marco Polo Marine, wish to possess and also run ideal overseas assistance vessels that will certainly offer consumers in the Japanese overseas wind market.
The arrangement marks Marco Polo Marine’s access right into one more overseas wind market in Asia, along with Taiwan, which it entered by acquiring PKR Offshore, a recognized Taiwan- based wind vessel driver, in May this year.
Marco Polo Marine likewise appointed the advancement of a brand-new Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) at its Batam shipyard in very early September to broaden its solution offerings to sustain the overseas wind ranch market.
“K” Line Wind Service was established in June 2021 as a joint endeavor in between Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha,Ltd (“K” Line) and also Kawasaki Kinkai Kisen Kaisha,Ltd for the function of giving aquatic associated solutions for overseas wind power organization.
“As Japan unlocks the potential of its offshore wind as a reliable source of energy, we believe the market can become a key revenue-driver for Marco Polo Marine. With KWS as our strategic partner, we intend to pool together our expertise in vessel management and leverage on their deep knowledge of the Japanese market to support the pipeline of offshore wind projects in the region,” stated Sean Lee, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER ofMarco Polo Marine
Marco Polo Marine has actually pointed out the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), according to which Japan has around 128 GW of fixed-bottom overseas wind possibility and also 424 GW of drifting overseas wind possibility.
The Japanese federal government has actually established a target to attain 10 GW of overseas wind by 2030 and also 30-45 GW by 2040.
