Dutch delivery firm Acta Marine’s Service Operation Vessel Acta Centaurus is to start out on its work for the Vattenfall offshore wind farms DanTysk and Sandbank 70 kilometres off Sylt over the following eight months.
Acta centaurus will depart the port of Hamburg immediately to make its method to the Danish port of Esbjerg. Right here she will probably be mobilised for the following few days. Originally of March, she’s going to then start her offshore wind marketing campaign. Acta Marine was awarded the contract to produce a SOV in 2024, 2025 and 2026 in February 2023.
Acta Centaurus, which is greater than 90 metres lengthy, will first work for 4 months on the Sandbank offshore wind farm after which perform upkeep work at DanTysk for one more 4 months. Your entire service marketing campaign is predicted to final till October of this 12 months. At peak instances, as much as 100 folks will probably be working in shifts to keep up the wind farms over the approaching months. The Acta Centaurus will frequently name at Esbjerg each 14 days to load new tools and alter the service groups.
Working in 3 metre waves
The Acta Centaurus is a so-called ‘stroll to work vessel’. It has an SMST gangway onboard that’s designed in such a manner that it will probably stand up to the wave actions of the North Sea in all instructions, so that individuals can safely switch from the vessel to the wind generators even when the waves are greater than three metres excessive. The vessel additionally has an SMST 6t 3D Movement Compensated Crane for heavy cargo.
Wind farms
The DanTysk and Sandbank offshore wind farms are situated 70 and 90 kilometres west of the island of Sylt within the North Sea. Collectively comprising 152 wind generators, they’ve a complete put in capability of 576 MW and canopy an space of round 150 sq. kilometres. The annual quantity of electrical energy generated by the 2 offshore wind farms is equal to the annual consumption of round 800,000 common German households. DanTysk and Sandbank are a three way partnership between Vattenfall (51%) and Stadtwerke München (49%). DanTysk has been in operation since 2014, Sandbank since 2016. Supply: Vattenfall/Acta Marine
