OFFSHORE SUPPORT SERVICES
TRIPLE VESSEL CONTRACT SUCCESS
Tidal Transit has announced that the company have been awarded its third 18-month vessel charter contract by Scira Offshore Energy Limited. This will see the Eden Rose working alongside its sister vessels Ginny Louise and Tia Elizabeth transporting turbine technicians from the Outer Harbour in Wells-next-the-Sea to the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm to carry out planned maintenance.
LONG TERM BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP Leo Hambro, Tidal Transit’s Commercial Director said, “We are delighted with this latest contract. Our vessels are supremely suited to the job they do in the sometimes unreliable conditions of the North Sea. We were part of Scira’s operation during the building stage, and it is a huge testament to the vessels and to the company, that now, with all three vessels under contract, we are playing an even greater role in the planned operation and maintenance of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm.”
FURTHER INVESTMENT – VESSEL NUMBER 4 The company has also made a further investment in expanding its offshore wind farm personnel vessel fleet.
The charter demand for the latest generation of offshore wind farm Personnel Transport Vessels [PTVs] from Tidal Transit Limited has
enabled this young North Norfolk company to commission the construction of a fourth vessel with Spanish boat builder Mercurio Plastics.
KITTY PETRA
Kitty Petra will be constructed to the same specification as her three sister vessels, and she is expected to arrive in the UK in early Spring 2014.
In confirming this latest vessel construction contract, Leo commented, “Activity associated with offshore wind farms in the waters surrounding the UK is frenetic. A number of wind farms are already in operation and we are delighted that Tidal Transit’s existing fleet of three rugged, high specification PTVs has been chosen to provide daily 12-hour charter transport for the turbine technicians who maintain the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm.”
LINCOLNSHIRE AND EAST ANGLIA Leo continued, “Construction is scheduled to commence on at least five other major offshore wind energy power plants off the coast of Lincolnshire and East Anglia over the next 18/24 months, and there is already a demand for suitable vessels to support these projects for tasks including seabed surveys and met-mast installation and maintenance. I have every confidence that, like her sister vessels, Kitty Petra
will go straight to work when she arrives in the UK next year.”
And concluded, “The majority of offshore wind farm operators have a 50 year licence from the Crown Estate, so daily routine maintenance is going to play a huge role in the output efficiency of all offshore wind farms. Transporting technicians to the wind farms to undertake that work will therefore create a high demand for safe, reliable vessels for many years to come.”
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