Congress wants inventory of vessels able to work in the offshore wind industry

Deepwater Wind used the Norwegian construction vessel Brave Tern along with U.S. liftboats from Montco Offshore (at left) to build the Block Island Wind Farm off Rhode Island in 2016. Deepwater Wind photo.

Evidence keeps piling up that offshore wind is developing into a truly viable energy resource as wind turbine technology advances, the economies of scale along the supply chain become more favorable and Uncle Sam, joined by several once-reluctant state governments, are all advocating and approving offshore wind projects as part of their energy plans.

The workboat industry has been watching these developments closely, with some shipbuilders developing plans to build specialty vessels, and tug and...

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