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Dalby Offshore & Alicat Workboats announce further vessel order

By: Sue Crothers 18/12/2014 Sadie Osborne

General Vessels

Dalby Offshore and Alicat Workboats are pleased to announce that the two
companies have signed a contract for the construction of an Alicat 23m Crew
Transfer Vessel. The “Dalby Don”, which is set to be delivered in July 2015 is a
sister vessel to the proven “Dalby Swale” delivered during 2014 that has worked on
the Greater Gabbard and London Array Offshore Wind Farms.

This will strengthen Dalby’s current windfarm fleet, and it will offer our valued clients
a more flexible diverse range of high specification vessels.

“The Dalby Swale has already proved itself as an excellent addition to our growing
fleet of CTV’s, and the response from clients and crews alike has been nothing less
than immensely positive. Therefore the decision to work with our trusted partners at
Alicat Workboats to build further vessels was a relatively easy decision for me.” –
Stuart McNiven, Managing Director of Dalby Offshore Services Ltd.

“As full time master on-board The “Dalby Swale”, Alicat Workboats have truly pulled
out the stops of this fantastic 23m CTV. I have skippered numerous Alicat built
vessels over the years but this is the finest, most practical, comfortable and fastest of
the vessels with a maximum speed of 32kts. Powered by twin MAN V12 1400hp
with Rolls Royce FF550 water jet propulsion this makes the vessel very
manoeuvrable with the ROCS vector stick making challenging conditions a pleasure,
with noise levels only reaching 55db in the main saloon it is no wonder the
passengers enjoy being on-board the vessel with the entertainment system and the
on-board facilities’ – Colin Palmer, Senior Skipper of Dalby Offshore Services Ltd.

“Commitment to custom technical innovation and the highest possible build quality is
what , we believe, will continue to differentiate British boat builders from competitors
across Europe and further afield in the developing Asian market. The UK continues
to be the strongest market for offshore wind and with focus shifting to Round 3
requirements we have listened to our clients and the industry to develop a
specification that balances the needs of our operators and their clients with capital
purchase price. We have a strong relationship with Dalby Offshore, who already
operate six Alicat built CTV’s and are proud to be selected to build this seventh vessel.
We are working on further projects that we hope to announce early in the New Year.”
– Steve Thacker, General Manager, Alicat Workboats Ltd.

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