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INDUSTRY NEWS 20,000


SAFE PASSENGER TRANSFERS


EAST ANGLIAN COAST He added: “Anyone who is familiar with the often unfriendly weather conditions our remarkable vessels face in the waters off the East Anglian coast will appreciate this achievement.”


Even in calm seas, transferring personnel from vessel to turbine is one of the most potentially hazardous processes faced by those working in the young offshore wind energy industry. It is a tribute to the design of Tidal Transit’s vessels, and the Health and Safety procedures of both Tidal Transit and the offshore wind energy companies to which it charters its vessels, that 20,000 transfers have been carried out with a 100% safety record.


GROWING FLEET


Ginny Louise and Eden Rose have been in use on both the construction and operational phases of offshore wind farms since their arrival in the UK in 2012, and Tia Elizabeth joined them in September 2013. In April next year they will be joined by a fourth vessel, Kitty Petra.


SPECIFICATIONS


The specification of these vessels greatly exceeds the current fleet being used for the same purpose in the UK. The vessels MCA Cat 1 coding and 10,000 litre fuel tanks allow them to work up to 150 miles offshore, well within the range of the UK’s forthcoming Round 3 offshore wind farms. Each vessel provides four crew members and twelve passengers with comfortable beds, bathrooms, galley, internet access and entertainment facilities, allowing wind farm engineers and support technicians to live and work offshore for up to several days at a time.


On 10th December 2013 Tidal Transit celebrated the completion of 20,000 safe passenger transfers from its three personnel transfer vessels [PTVs] to wind turbines situated in the North Sea.


NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENT Announcing this notable achievement, Tidal Transit Commercial Director Leo Hambro said: “I suspect that very few


people realise the scale of offshore wind farm operations that now takes place off the shores of East Anglia every day. This sector of the renewable energy industry is growing at a phenomenal rate. Our vessels - Ginny Louise, Eden Rose and Tia Elizabeth - sail to the wind farms on most days from either Wells-next-the-Sea or Great Yarmouth to transfer wind farm maintenance technicians and their tools.”


Being of rugged GRP construction enables Tidal Transit’s vessels to operate in rough seas - a major advantage when working in the North Sea. Twin V12 MAN engines facilitate speeds of up to 27 knots when carrying twelve passengers, the crew, and their 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 fore deck has a lifting capacity of 1,025kg at 6.9m, which caters for long reach loading and unloading. Cranes can also be deployed for camera surveys and grab sampling.


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