Rob Langford

Chouest WTIV feeders to be built to ABS class

ABS is to class the offshore wind feedering fleet of two tugs and two barges that Edison Chouest Offshore has ordered to support Maersk Supply Services innovative wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV). As we reported earlier, the WTIV feeder solution aims to open access to a greater number of U.S. ports logistically.

Chouest and Maersk Supply partner up on U.S. offshore wind installation

Using U.S.-built Jones Act compliant tugs and barges to ferry turbine components, Maersk Supply Service’s...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/chouest-wtiv-feeders-to-be-built-to-abs-class/

New methanol dual-fueled WTIV design gains ABS AIP

ABS has issued its approval in principle (AIP) to China’s Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. for its design of a heavy-duty, methanol dual-fueled WTIV (wind turbine installation vessel).

The methanol dual-fueled WTIV is designed to transport and install the largest wind turbines in the world, those capable of producing 16 to 20 megawatts of electricity, and promises to reduce carbon emissions with its dual-fuel methanol propulsion system.

The design also features a 3,500-ton leg encircling crane...

https://www.marinelog.com/offshore/offshore-wind/new-methanol-dual-fueled-wtiv-design-gains-abs-aip/

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