A Louisiana-based offshore services firm and naval architects plan to build a new “superfeeder” class of vessel to provide offshore wind energy developers a Jones Act-compliant system for transporting turbine components from U.S. ports to installation sites.
The 408’x131’x16.4’ “SuperFeeder” will be a fully DP-2 dynamic positioning vessel, propelled by three diesel-electric 2,500-kW Z-Drives and two 1,200-kW tunnel bow-thrusters, and capable of 10 knots cruising speed while fully loaded with...