Tuco Marine Bags Wind Farm Service Boat Order
Tuco Marine Group of Denmark informs it has inked a new order for its 11-meter wind farm service boat from the ProZero series of fast rescue boats, daughter crafts and workboats.
Tuco said the new order is from a major, but for now undisclosed, company in the European offshore market, and marks the third sale in a row of the group’s 11-meter wind farm service boat, a vessel designed specifically to the far offshore wind farm market as a daughter craft to the SOVs that are to enter this market during the coming seasons.
The ProZero 11-meter wind farm service boat is a dedicated service boat and crew transfer vessel for offshore wind farms. The boat has been developed in close collaboration with experts in wind farm services and the main market charterers, who have been deeply involved in the developments to meet the latest requirements of the park operators.
The vessel is constructed to be lifted on and off larger mother vessels using a single point davit system and can be outfitted with hook systems of the owner’s choice.
Tuco said passenger transportation and safe cargo handling has been a high priority in designing the vessel to meet the requirements of the far offshore farms on deep waters. These farms are situated so far offshore that daily travel to and off shore is not possible and technicians are therefore accommodated on larger mother vessels (SOVs) or on accommodation platforms. This requires stabile daughter crafts that are capable of transporting personal and cargo, from the accommodation units to and of the turbines and all these detailed scopes and requirements have carefully been investigated by Tuco Marine and several industry partners and build in to an operational circle tool of the daughter crafts, and these tools are offered to Tuco’s wind farm daughter craft clients.
The vessel is constructed from carbon fiber composites due to the industry’s focus on weight and fuel efficiency obtained by less operational power needed. Further the low weight achieved by this construction also makes it possible to fit the fairly large daughter craft to vessels not capable of handling heavier daughter crafts.
The ProZero 11-meter wind farm service boat offers a spacious foredeck and a purpose-built docking and fender system for easy access to the offshore windmills.
The vessels features twin waterjet installation fitted to inboard diesel engines, and operates at a service speed above 22 knots, transporting eight passengers and 500 kilos of cargo on the foredeck.