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Pictured is Alicat, South Boats IOW 26m Wind Farm

Support Vessel operated by Seacat Services.

raditional survey vessels are their crews. tion port to site. farm support sector. As with the North ? rst to arrive in a potential First stage of wind farm installation Once the wind farm construction phase Sea oil and gas industry, in the early wind farm area. Typically typically involves heavy lift construction is underway, the ? rst sub IMO / sub 80 days of wind farms, former ? shing boats the seabed owner wants vessels and construction support vessels. feet vessels on site are Wind Farm Ser- were used for a wide range of tasks. As

Tto assert that there are no Tasks for installation vessels include the vice Vessels (WFSV) which can overlap catamarans offer reduced resistance to hazards or obstructions before offering transfer of support structures and tur- roles with Crew Transfer Vessels (CTV). motion and reasonable stability purpose leases. Once leases are granted com- bines offshore. On site these vessels es- The multi-role WFSV enables fast per- built catamarans are now the hull form of mercial developers will then carry out tablish provision of bases for lifting and sonnel transfer with the capability for choice for most WFSV working in north- their own surveys to con? rm depths and installation operations. These vessels utility work such as moving equipment, ern European waters. As the demand for seabed data plus investigate typical wind can also provide offshore access and ac- delivery of spares, enforcing safety wind farm support has intensi? ed, ves- and sea conditions before construction commodation for crew. This phase of the zones, conducting environmental studies sels have been speci? cally developed for begins. Compared to oil and gas sector installation process includes transporta- and providing support for divers. transiting to wind farms in a wide range drilling surveys, this is straightforward tion of the nacelle, hub assembly, blades, Current ? eets of WFSVs have been of conditions then delivering technicians work for offshore survey vessels and towers and array cables from construc- speci? cally designed to work in the wind onto wind farm turbines.

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