First hybrid daughter craft

North Star to build world’s first hybrid daughter craft

Daughter craft are used by the offshore wind industry to safely transfer technicians between the in-field service operation vessel (SOV), where they live while working offshore, to the wind turbines to undertake

Seacat Enterprise has transited to and completed its first operational assignments at the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm using Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as a fuel.

Seacat modifies support vessel to operate on “significantly cleaner” fuel

With offshore wind being widely seen as a pathway to decarbonization, it’s inevitable that reducing the carbon footprint of operations at the wind farms themselves will come in for increasing attention. Cowes,

First U.S.-built Chartwell 24 CTV goes to work

The offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV) Atlantic Endeavor, owned and operated by Quonset Point, R.I., based Atlantic Wind Transfers (AWT) has recently been delivered to support Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore

BAR Technologies 30 meter CTV

Innovative 30 meter Jones Act CTV awarded ABS AiP

ABS has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for an innovative 30 meter offshore wind crew transfer vessel (CTV) design developed by Portsmouth, U.K. based naval architect firm BAR Technologies and Southampton,

Seacat orders second Chartwell 24 offshore wind support vessel

U.K. offshore energy support vessel (OESV) operator, Seacat Services, has taken up its option to build a second Chartwell 24 catamaran for the offshore wind sector. Construction of the vessel, to be

Chartwell to design hybrid for U.S. East Coast operation

Back in October last year, U.K. naval architectural consultancy Chartwell Marine unveiled a crew transfer vessel design aimed at the U.S. offshore wind market (see earlier story). Now the firm reports that

Chartwell Marine develops CTV aimed at U.S. offshore wind market

OCTOBER 15, 2018 — Major companies involved in the development of U.S. offshore wind farms need confidence in the availability of proven vessel concepts, as they continue to explore opportunities and justify