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'Kitty Petra' joins Gwynt y Môr

By: Lewis Holdsworth 12/05/2015 Tidal Transit

General Vessels Windfarms

After seven months working in the North Sea, Tidal Transit's Kitty Petra personnel transfer vessel [PVT] will be heading west in May 2015 to join her sister vessel Tia Elizabeth working on the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm which is situated 8 miles off the North Wales coast.

Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited has awarded Tidal Transit a charter contract for Kitty Petra for an initial 12 months, with an option to extend the contract by a further two years. The vessel and its crews are no strangers to Gwynt y Môr having worked there in 2014 when Kitty Petra first arrived in the UK.

The construction of Gwynt y Môr was completed last year and, with the capacity to generate 576MW of electricity from 160 wind turbines, it is currently the world's second largest operational offshore wind farm. Like Tia Elizabeth, Kitty Petra will be based at the port of Mostyn in North Wales, and both vessels will be used to transport and support the wind farm's (O&M) technicians.

Each of Tidal Transit's four PTVs has been in constant use at wind farms in the UK's coastal waters since their arrival from the Spanish shipyard where they were built.

All Tidal Transit's PTVs are built to the same high specification, providing comfortable accommodation for four crew members and up to twelve passengers. Their 9,000 litre fuel tanks allow them to work up to 150 miles offshore - well within the range of existing and planned offshore developments.

"I'm very pleased with Kitty Petra's new contract. I believe we have demonstrated to RWE Innogy that Tidal Transit vessels are ideal workboats to use in support of massive projects such as the Gwynt Y Môr offshore wind farm," said Tidal Transit Commercial Director, Leo Hambro when he announced the award of this latest charter contract.

He continued, "I am confident that our vessels and their crews will provide an excellent service to RWE Innogy at Gwynt y Môr."

Gwynt y Môr is a greater than £2billion offshore wind farm and is a shared investment between RWE Innogy; Stadtwerke München GmbH; and Siemens.

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