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Tidal Transit completes REDS charter

By: Tom Russell 07/11/2017 Tidal Transit

General Vessels Windfarms

Tidal Transit's Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV), Ginny Louise, was recently chartered by Reach Engineering and Diving Services (REDS), a specialist diving company to support operations at two UK offshore wind farms.

REDS was contracted by management company XCECO to carry out internal inspections of 20 monopile foundations at Lynn and Inner Dowsing offshore wind farm, located in the Greater Wash.

The operation lasted 28 days and Ginny Louise sailed from Grimsby to the wind farm on a daily basis, carrying a team of seven divers from Reds plus two technicians and a site representative from XCECO.

"Monopile inspection is a very specialised area and not without difficulties," commented Ed Woodrow, Sales and Marketing Director from Red Services. "Our divers have to access the water inside the monopile from a height, in a confined space and in poor visibility. Subsequently, Health and Safety requirements are of paramount importance.

"With the growth of the offshore wind industry, 60% of our business is in this sector, and this was the 5th successful contract we have undertaken for Lynn and Inner Dowsing Offshore Wind Farm in 7 years. However, this is the first time we have used a Tidal Transit CTV, and our team was very impressed. The onboard facilities are fantastic, but more importantly, the Tidal Transit crew proved to be more than just that - they became part of our team, helping to do the job. I would have no hesitation in using one of Tidal Transit's vessels in the future."

Leo Hambro, Commercial Director at Tidal Transit commented: "Becoming involved in this extremely specialised exercise has proved to be interesting and fulfilling for Ginny Louise's crew members, who are more used to transporting technicians to and from wind farm sites, both nearshore and out as far as Dogger Bank. Both they and the company are anticipating further contracts with REDS with pleasure."

Lynn and Inner Dowsing represent 194.4MW of installed offshore wind capacity for the UK and are located off the coast of North East Lincolnshire. The construction of the projects kicked off in 2006 and they were fully commissioned in March 2009. Both wind farms have a 97.2MW capacity and are comprised of 27 Siemens 3.6 MW offshore wind turbines located three miles off the coast of Lincolnshire, England.

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