AS PART OF INNOVATIVE BOAT SHARE SCHEME SPONSORS OF SHIP BUILD FEATURE
CWind’s ever expanding charter fleet has a new addition - CWind Athenia working with a new skipper on their innovative and unique “boat-share” scheme.
EXPANSION This move expands their charter fleet operating with Siemens on the London Array windfarm- currently the largest wind farm construction project in the world. CWind is the only British vessel charter company to be awarded a Siemens vessel charter contract on this windfarm out of a European shortlist.
The Athenia is the second of the 20T MPC work vessels built by CTruk Boats in Brightlingsea to operate out of Ramsgate on the London Array Offshore Wind Farm and a third vessel will soon join the team there.
BOAT SHARE SCHEME CWind Athenia is a joint venture “boat- share” with an experienced local skipper, Dave Bachelor, who has a Merchant Navy background, as well as commercial experience on the south and east coasts of the UK.
This is designed to enable proven skippers to become owner/operators, build a business and access the growing wind farm market with the backing of an experienced operator. This enables local skippers to part-invest and manage a vessel, with CWind providing the contracts, critical vessel management procedures and back up. Both CWind and the skippers share in the profits.
The Athenia, will be joining Dave Bachelor’s current vessel at the London Array, where the work will involve crew transfer and generator management assignments. She will operate alongside CWind Alliance - with local skipper Andy Harman and his two very experienced sons also on the CWind boat-share scheme with their vessel. Joe and Ben have extensive marine experience including work in the offshore wind farm sector as skippers.
THE CWind ALLIANCE AND SIEMENS The CWind Alliance is undertaking a number of assignments for Siemens including crew transfer, generator movement & refuelling as well as carrying their innovative amphibious fast response rescue vehicle - the Avenger, which is carried and launched from Alliance and can swiftly support and rescue technicians deployed on turbines when there is no water for vessels. This is an important service provided for Siemens as 25% of the turbines on the London Array will have insufficient water for vessels at low tide.
“Our boat share scheme enables local owner operators to participate in the wind farm industry. The investment of the skipper means our clients get a can-do attitude combined with the experienced management and QHSE procedures of CWind,” commented Peter Jorgenson, Managing Director of CWind
“We aim to offer wind farm developers the best of both worlds; the can-do attitude of the owner operator, combined with the experienced management and QHSE procedures of CWind”, he added.
SPECIFICATION CWind Athenia is a fast, robust and very fuel efficient multi-purpose CTruk 20T MPC with 18.5m LOA. It features CTruk Boats’ flexible pod system, enabling the vessel to not only alter the deck carrying space but also to bolt on different pods, and it comes standard with 16,000 litres in-hull fuel capacity for re-fuelling tasks, or extending its range (2400nm). Lightweight, strong structure is very cost- effective as it needs less fuel - burning 90 litres less diesel an hour than an equivalent aluminium vessel.
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