The Norwegian firm Built-in Wind Options (IWS) has, by its subsidiary IWS Fleet AS, entered right into a time constitution contract for a commissioning service operations vessel (CSOV) at market phrases with the Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT.
The constitution contract has a minimal length of 4 months and can begin after the vessel IWS Windwalker has been delivered from the shipyard and sailed to Europe.
“We’re happy to announce our first constitution contract with TenneT for our second vessel, the IWS Windwalker. The vessel will help upkeep for offshore substations within the Netherlands, demonstrating the flexibility of the Skywalker class to cowl a spread of necessities inside offshore wind,” mentioned Christopher Andersen Heidenreich, COO and Managing Director of IWS Fleet.
The corporate at present has one CSOV in its fleet, the IWS Skywalker, which was delivered to IWS on the finish of final yr.
The IWS Windwalker is a Skywalker-class vessel, constructed by China Retailers Heavy Trade (CHMI). The vessel was designed by Kongsberg Maritime and is supplied with a totally compensated gangway and crane from MacGregor.
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IWS has 4 extra CSOVs below building at CHMI. The IWS Seawalker and IWS Starwalker are deliberate to be delivered throughout this yr, whereas the opposite two CSOVs are anticipated to be delivered subsequent yr.
IWS additionally holds choices for 2 extra Skywalker-class CSOVs from the CMI shipyard.
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