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EDEN ROSE MAKES MAIDEN PASSAGE TO WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA
Eden Rose, one of Tidal Transit’s growing fleet of purpose designed vessels for use by companies involved in the planning, development, construction and operation and maintenance of offshore windfarms in the Greater Wash and the Southern North Sea, made its maiden visit to the Outer Harbour at Wells-next-the- Sea in North Norfolk recently.
IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD To the many people walking past the Outer Harbour on what was a beautiful winter’s morning, this would have been no big deal, but it was in fact a very important step forward in the development of North Norfolk’s renewable energy economy.
OUTER HARBOUR INVESTMENT The tidal restrictions associated with Wells Harbour are well known, and the investment in the new Outer Harbour was made when Scira Offshore Energy chose Wells-next-the-Sea as its operations and maintenance base for the 88 turbine Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, which was recently fully commissioned.
EDEN ROSE AND SCIRA Eden Rose is currently on contract charter to Scira, a contract which was awarded because the vessel is able to remain at sea for up to four days, and can comfortably accommodate offshore technicians who need to be on site on a daily basis to undertake routine maintenance.
Tidal Transit Commercial Director Leo Hambro was delighted with Eden Rose’s smooth passage up the channel to the Outer Harbour saying: “Our new generation vessels provide offshore windfarm developers and operators with greatly enhanced operational flexibility in comparison with the more traditional vessels. Being able to berth in Wells rather than Great Yarmouth is obviously far more convenient for Scira’s maintenance schedules.
“However, the Outer Harbour’s ability to receive vessels of this size should now encourage other Round 2 offshore wind farm developers to seriously consider North Norfolk as their on-shore base of operations, using Wells-next-the-Sea as the point of sea-going access.”
Tidal Transit
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LOCAL SUCCESS ON AN INTERNATIONAL SCALE GWO
NWFTC (National Wind Farm Training Centres), leading UK wind farm training provider the first UK Company to gain GWO (Global Wind Organisation) Certification.
Headquartered in Colchester, but partnered with Lowestoft College, one of the UK’s leading providers of training to the maritime and offshore industries, NWFTC recently achieved GWO accreditation for its training courses. The first for a UK owned and based company.
RECOGNITION
NWFTC are recognised within the industry as one of the leading providers of training to new and existing windfarm workers and offer specialist, customisable courses which meet the demands of the fast- growing offshore wind energy sector.
Recently inspected by independent auditor Det Norske Veritas, NWFTC received a glowing recommendation and were granted GWO (Global Wind Organisation) Certification for both of its state-of-the-art training facilities in Lowestoft and Barrow- in-Furness. This accreditation covers all 5 elements of the GWO Basic Safety Training standard and is an internationally recognised certification by all the major companies in the wind industry.
The GWO is a coalition of the world’s leading wind players, including Siemens, Vestas and E.On, whose aim is to reduce the risks for employees on wind turbines by creating an international industry standard for training that all workers entering the industry have met.
Dan Smart, Training Director for NWFTC commented: “Already RenewableUK approved for some time, this new certification provides NWFTC with the ability to provide training courses with accreditation to meet any individual or company’s training needs in one course, in one place, at one time. This new accreditation helps us to provide the very best and most up to date training solutions for both offshore and onshore windfarm workers.”
NWFTC
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