Offshore Vessel News Roundup | January 26 – Chinese and UK crewboats plus US and Turkish SOVs

The offshore wind maintenance sector is the focus of our latest offshore vessels roundup. A new SWATH crewboat is delivered to an owner in China as construction starts on ..

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Atlantic Wind Transfers orders 6 advanced Chartwell CTVs

Rhode Island headquartered U.S. offshore wind farm support pioneer Atlantic Wind Transfers (AWT) has ordered six Chartwell Ambitious-class crew transfer vessels (CTVs).They will be built by St. John’s Ship Building Inc. at its shipyard in Palatka, Fla. The first two are expected to be delivered in summer 2023 and January 2024 respectively, with four further builds in the pipeline.

The vessels will be the first U.S.-built CTVs to comply with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Tier 4...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/atlantic-wind-transfers-orders-6-advanced-chartwell-ctvs/

VESSEL REVIEW | Atlantic Endeavor – US-built crewboat to support Dominion Energy’s Virginia offshore wind farm

Rhode Island-based Atlantic Wind Transfers (AWT) recently welcomed the fifth crewboat to join its fleet. Named Atlantic Endeavor, the vessel has already begun operating i ..

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Atlantic Wind Transfers positions for growth

Rhode Island-based offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV) owner and operator Atlantic Wind Transfers (AWT) plans to be to be at the forefront in providing crew transfer services up and down the East Coast as the U.S. offshore wind industry expands.

As part of its growth plan, the company will use DNV’s seamless Fit for Purpose program and has retained classification society DNV to pursue integrated Safety Management System and ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 certification.

AWT’s president...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/renewables/atlantic-wind-transfers-positions-for-growth/

Atlantic Wind Transfers secures another CTV services contract

Atlantic Pioneer

Atlantic Wind Transfers, Quonset Point, R.I., has secured its second long-term O&M Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV) contract in the U.S. to provide offshore marine support services for the Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbines to be installed for the first offshore wind project in U.S. federal waters. The project is being developed by Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Energy.

Atlantic Wind Transfers was selected by Dominion Energy through a competitive bid process. The crew transfer vessel will be based...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/atlantic-wind-transfers-secures-another-ctv-services-contract/

More offshore wind crewboat builds amid uncertainty for bigger investments

Work is underway on the next support vessels for the fledging U.S. offshore wind energy industry, even as federal regulatory review — and now the global economic upheaval of coronavirus – clouds the prospect of building ambitious power projects.

The 804-megawatt Vineyard Wind project in southern New England waters, leading the pack of more than a dozen proposed wind energy arrays off the East Coast, remains stalled as the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management reassesses the cumulative...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/more-offshore-wind-crewboat-builds-amid-uncertainty-for-bigger-investments/

Vard, ABS plan for first U.S.-flag offshore wind service operations vessel

Vard describes its 215'x55.7' SOV as

In the offshore wind energy business, one of the biggest questions is when U.S. shipyards will step up and build a new generation of support vessels.

ABS and Vard offered one prospect, when the classification society announced it had awarded an “approval in principle” for a Jones Act-compliant version of Vard’s 4 07 service operation vessel (SOV) – a major step up from the first generation of crew transfer vessels for U.S. wind operations.

Vard describes its 218’x55.7’ SOV as “a suitable vessel...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/vard-abs-plan-for-first-u-s-flag-offshore-wind-service-operations-vessel/

Atlantic Wind Transfers, Blount, Chartwell sign offshore wind vessel deal

U.S. offshore wind farm support company Atlantic Wind Transfers has signed a multi-million-dollar, market-first order for two state-of the-art Chartwell 24 crew transfer vessels (CTVs), developed by Chartwell Marine. The vessels, to be deployed in support of new wind farms off the East Coast, will be built by Blount Boats, with delivery scheduled for 2020.

Meeting the demands of U.S. offshore wind developers and asset owners — many of whom have a background in the European sector — requires...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/atlantic-wind-transfers-blount-chartwell-sign-offshore-wind-vessel-deal/