Danish offshore marine providers firm Maersk Supply Service and U.S. vessel proprietor Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) have partnered up for the development and operation of a windfarm feeder idea particularly designed for Maersk Supply Service’s next-generation wind set up vessel (WIV).
The purpose-built feeder unfold contains two tugs and two barges to be delivered in 2026. They might be owned and operated by ECO and constructed by Bollinger Shipyards – the most important privately-owned shipyard group within the United States.
As a key part to the set up course of, this newbuild feeder unfold will transport wind turbine parts or foundations to the set up website, whereas the WIV stays on location to finish successive installations, permit sooner set up, and thereby allow the wind park to be on-grid sooner.
“Maersk Supply Service’s new installation concept can make offshore wind farm installations significantly faster with estimated efficiency gains of 30%. The partnership with ECO makes this new technology available for the U.S. offshore wind market enabling faster offshore wind installations in the United States,” mentioned Christian M. Ingerslev, CEO at Maersk Supply Service.
The specialised answer goals to open entry to a higher variety of U.S. ports logistically.
Using the U.S. constructed, owned and flagged tugs and barges to ferry turbine parts, Maersk Supply Service’s locking and stabilizing mechanism between the WIV and barge will render installations far much less depending on climate situations, thereby lowering the variety of working days required to put in a wind park, the corporate claims.
“This partnership facilitates expansion of our existing footprint in the U.S. offshore wind industry, and our decades of offshore experience, efficiency and focus on technology can play an important role in the further development of the U.S. offshore wind segment,” added Dino Chouest, Executive Vice President of ECO.
