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VESSELS

Windserve Odyssey CTV Hits the Water

Island’s impressive capability for this type of shipbuilding.”

Senesco has traditionally built tugs and barges for the energy transportation industry but has recently delved into aluminum boat construction business. In a recent inter- view, Mike Foster, Vice President and General Manager at

Senesco Marine, said, “What I see is complete difference in the types of things we build, from tugs and barges to offshore wind support vessels and structures. The market has changed, and we have a great opportunity to go after this new market.”

Ørsted and WindServe last year entered into a deal to

Ørsted

WindServe Marine’s offshore wind crew transfer vessel construct two purpose-built CTVs, which will transport

Windserve Odyssey, built by its sister company Senesco personnel for construction, maintenance, and operation

Marine, has been launched and embarked for sea trials on from port to offshore wind farms. One of them is the the U.S. East Coast. The new CTV will support Ørsted’s Windserve Odyssey, built by Senesco, while the other is

U.S. offshore wind projects along the U.S. the East Coast. built by U.S. Workboats in Hubert, N.C. “After sea trials at Ørsted’s Block Island Wind Farm, The WindServe Odyssey will join the closeout of con- the Odyssey will travel from Rhode Island to Virginia to struction and commissioning of the Coastal Virginia Off- join the closeout of construction and commissioning of shore Wind project, however, the vessel has been built the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project,” Ørsted said. speci