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Vessels

WindServe Frontier & Gripper

Senesco Marine

A-O-S

To date, there are more than 20 crew transfer vessels folio of offshore wind farms in the Northeast, including (CTV) in service or on order in the U.S., according to the Revolution Wind project in Rhode Island and the data from Intelatus Global Partners. In the years ahead, it South Fork Wind and Sunrise Wind projects in New is expected that dozens more will be built in the U.S. to York. The vessel will be berthed at Ørsted’s Operations support the construction and long-term service of a pipe- Hub at Quonset Point, and it has capacity to transport line of new wind farms slated to sprout up in the waters up to 24 technicians.

off of the country’s East Coast. Launched in August, WindServe Frontier was built by

Among the U.S.-built CTVs delivered this year are Amer- Kingstown, R.I. shipbuilder Senesco Marine, a sister to ican Offshore Services’ (A-O-S) Gripper and WindServe WindServe Marine in the Reinauer Group of companies.

Marine’s WindServe Frontier, both of which are “hybrid- The BMT-designed vessel is 29 meters long with a 9-me- ready” aluminum catamarans purpose-built to serve the ter beam and 1.7-meter draft.

emerging offshore wind industry on the U.S. East Coast. WindServe Fronteir is the ? fth CTV in the WindServe

Gripper is the ? rst CTV to enter into the ? eet of A-O- Marine ? eet, but notably, it is the ? rst that has been built

S, a joint venture formed in 2020 by leading European as hybrid-ready. It is equipped with Volvo Penta D13

CTV operator Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) and main engines (515kW at 2,300 RPM) and a Volvo Pen-

U.S.-based investment ? rm OIC. ta IPS 900 propulsion system. Its service speed is 24.5

Gripper was built by Blount Boats in Warren, R.I., to knots, with top speed capabilities of 27 knots.

ABS class and is based on N-O-S’ 30-meter G-class design. The USCG Subchapter L vessel is built to ABS class

The newbuild features a 11.2-meter breadth and 1.9-me- and features a pair of Kohler Marine generators, Toimil ter operational draft, and it is equipped with Volvo Penta’s T-12505M/2 forward deck crane, Hercules AAW-150 an-

IPS propulsion system (4x D13-700 DST, 4x IPS900 Q2 chor windlass, First Electric automation system, Reygar props) and is said to be “hybrid-ready”, meaning it was BAREFleet vessel monitoring system, Starlink internet, built with space reserved for all the required components DirecTV satellite television and KPM suspension seat- for future upgrade to hybrid propulsion. ing. The vessel has capacity for up to six crew members

The vessel will support Ørsted and Eversource’s port- and 24 passengers.

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