The Japanese delivery firm Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) Line has positioned an order with Kosaba Shipbuilding Company for a crew switch vessel (CTV), the primary vessel of this type NYK has ordered from a shipyard in its house nation.
The hull of the brand new 28-metre-long, 12-pax crew switch vessel shall be constructed primarily based on a design from Northern Offshore Service, with which NYK fashioned a partnership in 2020.
The brand new CTV is scheduled for supply in late 2025 or in 2026, from when it is going to be used to move technicians to construct and preserve offshore wind farms in Japan.
This would be the third CTV owned by NYK and the second in Japan, following Rera As, which was delivered in April 2023. The Rera As has been chartered for the Ishikari Bay New Port offshore wind farm off Hokkaido.
NYK notes that CTV demand in Japan is anticipated to develop round 2026, when a ramp-up within the building of offshore wind farms is anticipated to start. By that point, NYK plans to speculate 43 billion yen (round EUR 265 million) within the offshore wind worth chain, with the development of this vessel being a part of that plan.
The Japanese delivery firm additionally says it can proceed to hunt to put CTV orders with shipyards in Japan.
“By increasing its fleet of CTVs, NYK goals to play an energetic position in selling sustainable power. NYK additionally goals to contribute to revitalizing the Japanese shipbuilding trade and marine industries, in addition to have a optimistic impression on regional trade improvement and job creation,” the corporate stated in a press launch on 20 February.
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