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Vessels

CREST Wind SOV the new contract, Crowley will manage and crew the SOV to support Siemens Gamesa’s service operations on the Do- minion Energy Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. ESVAGT will support Crowley with design, con- struction, crew training and operation services as part of the two companies’ joint venture, CREST Wind.

The HAV 832 SOV will be built by Fincantieri Bay

Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and is scheduled to

Crowley enter service in 2026. According to Crowley, the 289-foot

U.S. maritime services company Crowley and Danish vessel will feature state-of-the-art technologies to augment offshore service company ESVAGT will jointly build and safety, workability, and comfort to support the O&M ac- operate a service operations vessel (SOV) for long-term tivities of the wind farm project. It will have modern ac- charter with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. Under commodations for 80 crew and technicians.

Neebish Island III

Manitowoc, Wis. shipbuilder Burger Boat Company has delivered a new car/passenger ferry vessel to the Eastern Upper Peninsula Transpor- tation Authority (EUPTA), located in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

The 92-foot U.S.-made steel ferry, Neebish Island III, will operate year-round on the St. Mary’s River in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula be- tween Barbeau, Mich., and Neebish Island. The vesselwas designed by

Seacraft Design, LLC of Sturgeon Bay, Wis. to operate in the harsh win- ter environment and through the solid ice conditions it will encounter on its route.

The ferry was delivered to EUPTA on October 30, 2022, and entered into service on November 9, 2022.

EUPTA operates three local vehicle and passenger ferries to the near- by islands of Sugar, Neebish and Drummond.

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