CREST has actually picked HAV Group ASA’s subsidiary HAV Design to establish a newbuild solution procedure vessel (SOV) predestined for a United States overseas wind task.
“The contract marks the U.S. breakthrough for HAV Design, which becomes the first European ship designer to develop an SOV for the U.S. market,” HAV Group stated.
Gisle Vinjevoll Thrane, vice head of state of sales at Norway- based HAV Design: “We have designed and developed numerous SOVs for use in demanding offshore climates, but this is the first time we are designing a vessel for the US market. We are confident in the operational benefits our vessel design brings to the table, so we believe that this contract can open the door for further work in the USA,” claims
Further details regarding the agreement and also the vessel will certainly be supplied after HAV Design has actually authorized the last agreement with CREST’s picked shipyard, HAV stated.
Worth keeping in mind, HAV shared the information on Tuesday, the very same day Crowley and also ESVAGT, the firms behind the CREST JV, revealed they would collectively construct and also run a solution procedures vessel (SOV) under a long-lasting charter with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.
Crowley will certainly handle and also staff the SOV to sustain Siemens Gamesa’s solution procedures on the Dominion Energy Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) task.