Offshore walk-to-work (W2W) access provider Ampelmann has reached the milestone of 10 million personnel transfers across its worldwide operations. The 10 millionth transfer took place on an E1000 gangway operating on the Cade Candies, an offshore vessel owned by Des Allemands, La., based Otto Candies that is facilitating the construction and commissioning of turbines on the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm. Underscoring the adaptability of existing Jones Act offshore support vessels for...
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Damen and Ampelmann enter the North Sea crew change market
Getting into the vessel operation business, Damen Shipyards and walk to work (W2W) specialist Ampelmann have established a joint venture called OceanXpress.
It will provide offshore crew change services in the North Sea area using the Damen fast crew supply vessel (FCS) 7011 Aqua Helix which has been fitted with an Ampelmann S-type motion compensated gangway system.
The vessel and state of the art gangway system have successfully passed offshore commissioning and OceanXpress will now start...
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Jones Act IMR vessel to get W2W system for offshore wind role
Dutch offshore access system provider Ampelmann has signed its first contract for the U.S. offshore wind market. It is to supply an E1000 motion compensated walk to work (W2W) system to Des Allemands, La., based Otto Candies LLC.
In December last year, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) said that it would use the Otto Candies Jones Act-compliant offshore IMR (inspection, maintenance and repair vessel) Paul Candies, during the construction phase of the South Fork Wind project, offshore New...