Crowley readies dive into offshore wind farm work

Crowley

Crowley has spent the past 53 years providing U.S.-flag vessel assets and logistics support to the offshore oil and gas industry and now is gearing up to provide that same transportation skill set to the burgeoning offshore wind farm industry in America.

Bruce Harland, vice president of business development for Crowley offshore services (Photo: Courtesy)

It is forecast that as many as 2,000 gigantic, multi-megawatt wind turbines will be generating 29 gigawatts of electricity off the U.S. coast...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/crowley-readies-dive-into-offshore-wind-farm-work

‘Superfeeder’ design offers Jones Act solution for offshore wind developers

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...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/superfeeder-design-offers-jones-act-solution-for-offshore-wind-developers/

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