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Jan De Nul names jack-up

4C Offshore | Tom Russell
By: Tom Russell 25/10/2018 Jan De Nul
In the Belgian port of Ostend, Jan De Nul Group named its newest offshore installation vessel Taillevent today (25th October 2018). Miss Pauline Stassijns, granddaughter of Director Dirk De Nul, baptised the vessel and wished her success and a safe journey.

On 18 July 2018, Jan De Nul Group acquired the vessel from the Dutch company Vroon Group. At that time it was called MPI Discovery and was operated by MPI Offshore; a subsidiary of Vroon.

The 2011 built
Taillevent is designed specifically for the transport and installation of offshore wind turbines and their foundations. It is 140m long and can operate in up to 40m of water depth. Furthermore, the installation vessel has an on-board crane with a lifting capacity of 1,000 tonnes and an auxiliary crane of 50 tonnes.

Philippe Hutse, Offshore Director at Jan De Nul Group: “We have been investing a lot in staff, expertise and equipment for our offshore activities. In 2015, we acquired the Vole au vent, and this summer the Taillevent; both specialized vessels for the installation of offshore wind farms. Meanwhile our newbuilding department works on more fleet expansion plans. These investments are key for Jan De Nul Group’s growth.”

The vessels' name,
Taillevent , comes from that of a chef who played a very prominent role in French culinary history. In the fourteenth century, he was nicknamed Taillevent  because of the agility with which he flashed through the kitchen. The name literally means “cutting the wind”.

Around 1380, Taillevent wrote one of the oldest and most influential cookbooks of France: ‘Le Viandier’ considered as the basis of the renowned French gastronomic tradition.

Jan De Nul Group has executed several offshore wind projects in Belgium, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Germany.

In 2019, the Group will commence with the installation of the
Northwester 2 wind farm with 23 turbines of 9.5MW each, the largest offshore wind turbines in the world.

Last spring, Jan De Nul secured its first offshore wind projects outside Europe: the design and installation of the Changhua and
Formosa 1 (Phase 2), the very first offshore wind farms in Taiwan.

For more information on offshore wind farm construction and maintenance vessels,
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