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WORKBOATS "The offshore wind industry is relatively young and has grown tremendously during the last 15 years. Since we began N-O-S in 2008, we have seen wind turbines become signi? cantly larger, which results in more maintenance, increased downtime and more technicians at sea. These are just some of the challenges that are catalyzing innovation and driving the design and manufacture of our vessels in house to meet the customer demands of tomorrow." – David Kristensson,

CEO and Owner of N-O-S Group

Credit: N-O-S n August, Northern Offshore Services (N-O-S) unveiled vessels, operating mostly in CTV markets, Donsö-based N-O- its unique I-Class Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV), powered S also found the CapEx to fund 24 newbuild deliveries dur- by the ? rst commercial application of Volvo Penta’s IPS ing the same timeframe. That would be heady stuff for most

Professional Platform. In the cutting-edge IMPRESS- companies, but as Mr. Kristensson often says, a forwarding

ER, N-O-S designed a ? exible, future-proof CTV that thinking ? rm “should not just sit on its hands, rather, it should

Iwill adapt to and accommodate new technologies and stand on its toes.” energy solutions over the next 25 years, all of which is tar- The lion’s share of business takes place in UK and Denmark geted to exceed the needs of their most important cargo: the offshore waters, but N-O-S has its eyes on a bigger prize. The offshore engineers that they serve. wind farm market, a wild card for investors trying to ? gure out “The offshore wind industry is relatively young and has which way the winds are blowing, creates uncertainties that grown tremendously during the last 15 years. Since we began swirl everywhere; in particular, the American markets. N-O-S

N-O-S in 2008, we have seen wind turbines become signi? - has nevertheless plunged ahead there, as well. Their Providence, cantly larger, which results in more maintenance, increased RI-based ? edgling joint venture subsidiary group, American downtime and more technicians at sea,” said David Kristens- Offshore Services (A-O-S), should have four Jones Act-quali? ed son, N-O-S Group CEO and Owner. He adds, “These are just vessels in operation by yearend. The ? ve-year goal is 6-10 more. some of the challenges that are catalyzing innovation and driving the design and manufacture of our vessels in house to Two Kinds of Green: meet the customer demands of tomorrow.”

Quality Trumps Quantity

Operating globally in over 90 wind farms, N-O-S vessels N-O-S has no intention of expanding only in terms of ? eet completed 118,000 successful cargo and/or personnel trans- numbers. This means focusing on converting the existing ? eet fers in 2023 alone. The young ? rm has quickly become one to one which not only anticipates, but both satis? es and ex- of the world’s most recognizable providers of CTV’s. With 67 ceeds regulatory and environmental requirements, with an eye 28 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • November 2024

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