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Vessels

Gripper ing European CTV operator Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) and U.S.-based investment ? rm OIC.

The vessel, based on N-O-S’ 30-meter G-class design, fea- tures Volvo Penta’s IPS propulsion system and is said to be “hybrid-ready”, meaning it was built with space reserved for all the required components for future upgrade to hybrid pro- pulsion. It will support Ørsted and Eversource’s portfolio of offshore wind farms in the Northeast, including the Revolu-

American Offshore Services tion Wind project in Rhode Island and the South Fork Wind and Sunrise Wind projects in New York. The vessel will be

An of? cial launch ceremony was held to celebrate the com- missioning of a new Jones Act compliant crew transfer vessel berthed at Ørsted’s Operations Hub at Quonset Point, and (CTV) built for American Offshore Services (A-O-S)—the will transport wind service technicians to projects at sea.

A-O-S, which plans to expand its CTV ? eet with the growth company’s ? rst. Constructed by Blount Boats in Warren,

R.I., the 100-foot-long aluminum catamaran is owned and of the U.S. offshore wind industry, currently has vessels on order at Blount Boats as well as Metal Shark in Franklin, La.

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