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Another
of Seacat Services wind farm support vessels,
Seacat
Ranger, has been chartered
to support the
Galloper
offshore wind farm. The three year contract was signed with project developers
Galloper Wind Ltd.
Under the terms of the contract,
Seacat
Ranger will be deployed at
the site from August this year.
The
vessel and her crew will provide technician and equipment transfers in
support of planned maintenance and performance taking place during the
first three years of operations at the wind farm.
In September, she will be joined by sister vessels,
Seacat
Liberty and
Seacat
Vigilant as part of a separate
two year agreement signed in May with turbine supplier Siemens Gamesa Renewable
Energy (Siemens Gamesa). All three vessels will be based out of Harwich
and operating on the site providing the opportunity for collaboration.
All three specialist wind farm service vessels have been built in the UK
by South Boats IoW.
“Close collaboration in vessel deployment can yield an extensive range
of benefits for all of the parties involved in the development and operation
of technically and logistically complex offshore wind farms,” said
Ian Baylis, Managing Director, Seacat Services.
“With the drive to
optimise efficiency and get the most out of maintenance budgets, the ability
to take a more versatile approach – and share project resources – will
provide project operators, developers and OEMs alike with a more practical
means of meeting collective goals.”
The construction of
Galloper
is scheduled to be complete by spring 2018. Once operational it is expected
to meet the needs of approximately 300,000 households.
Swire Blue Ocean's jack-up installation vessel
Pacific
Orca is installing the turbines
at the site, operating from the Outer Harbour of the Port of Great Yarmouth.
innogy is leading the development and construction of
Galloper
on behalf of its partners the UK Green Investment Bank, Siemens Financial
Services, Sumitomo Corporation and Macquarie Capital.
For more information please follow the links provided. Alternatively click
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are active on the site using our interactive map.