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TIDAL TRANSIT INTRODUCES ‘GINNY LOUISE’ TO NORFOLK
The first of a possible fleet of up to ten state-of-the-art, purpose designed support vessels to transport personnel involved in the planning, development and construction of offshore wind farms in the Greater Wash and southern North Sea arrived in Harwich recently from its Spanish boat builder.
she goes on to Wells-next-the-Sea and Grimsby for further customer trials.
SPECIFICATION Ginny Louise’s specification greatly exceeds the current fleet being used for the same purpose in the UK. The vessel’s MCA Cat 1 coding and 10,000 litre fuel tanks give it a range of up to 150 miles offshore, well within the range of the UK’s forthcoming Round 3 wind farms. She provides four crew members and twelve passengers with comfortable beds, kitchen, bathroom, internet and entertainment facilities, enabling wind farm engineers to live and work on-site for up several days at a time.
The vessel boasts rugged GRP construction that allows her to operate in rough seas – a major advantage
Its owners, Tidal Transit, will now sail Ginny Louise round the coast and moor at Great Yarmouth to provide an early opportunity for potential customers and the media to see over the vessel before
THE CROWN ESTATE APPOINTS HUUB DEN ROOIJEN TO LEAD OFFSHORE WIND TEAM
The Crown Estate has announced the appointment of Huub den Rooijen as its first Head of Offshore Wind Energy. Huub will take up the post in the spring of 2012. He has played a major role in some of the biggest offshore wind projects in Europe and advised many of the industry’s leading companies.
EXPERIENCE Huub is a Director of Project Management Support Services Ltd, where he has advised clients in the UK, Europe and Asia. He is currently working with Ventolines B.V., a Dutch developer, where as Project Director of the Westermeerwind project he is leading the delivery of Europe’s first inland lake-based wind farm. Earlier in his career Huub led the successful delivery of the first offshore wind farm in Dutch waters, and was responsible for the delivery of Blyth offshore wind farm, the first in the North Sea.
when working in the North Sea. She is also fitted with twin V12 MAN engines that allows her to achieve 27 knots when carrying twelve passengers plus crew, and up to 6 tonnes of on-board cargo.
Massive cargo decks fore and aft can accommodate up to 10,000kg of tools, equipment and spares, and the Guerra crane on the aft deck with a lifting capacity of 1,025kg at 6.9m caters for long reach loading and unloading. The crane can also be deployed for camera surveys and grab sampling.
Leo Hambro, Tidal Transit’s Commercial Director, is enthusiastic about the vessel’s arrival, saying: “The arrival of the Ginny Louise presents us with an exciting opportunity to introduce a very different vessel to the UK’s offshore wind farm developers and operators. When the next vessel Eden Rose arrrives early in 2012, we will undertake a tour of all the major east coast ports to showcase the advantages of these sensational vessels. With the UK constructing ever larger offshore wind farms to help meet the world’s need for clean energy, I believe that our vessels will quickly become the preferred form of transport for wind farm crews.”
Tidal Transit Limited
www.tidal-transit.com
REMIT
Huub will lead the delivery of The Crown Estate’s offshore wind programmes around the UK, including its Round 3 programme which is set to deliver a quarter of the UK’s electricity needs by 2020. The Crown Estate plays a central role in facilitating the expansion of offshore wind electricity generation, which has the potential to generate thousands of jobs in the UK.
strong team of renewable energy experts, and we are delighted to have attracted someone with his experience and expertise. His appointment as a dedicated Head of Offshore Wind Energy is testament to our long-term commitment to driving the offshore wind industry forward.”
On his new appointment, Huub den Rooijen, said: “To work for The Crown Estate is an exciting opportunity for me – it is an organisation which in a relatively short period of time has enabled the UK to become a renewable energy industry world leader. I look forward to seizing the opportunity to lead a dedicated offshore wind team at the heart of the industry, to further cement the organisation’s track record of facilitating renewable energy development.”
The Crown Estate
www.thecrownestate.co.uk
In welcoming the appointment, Rob Hastings, The Crown Estate’s Director of the Marine Estate, said: “Huub is a tremendous addition to our already
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