Windward Offshore, a consortium led by SeaRenergy Group in collaboration with Blue Star Group, Diana Shipping, and SeraVerse, has ordered two CSOVs from Vard that will focus on the offshore wind industry.
The consortium expects to play a key role in the energy transition by providing integrated offshore wind service solutions.
The CSOVs act as the centerpiece for servicing wind farms during the critical commissioning phase, SeaRenergy said.
This encapsulating the consortium’s strategy of delivering integrated solutions through a combination of vessels, engineering, maintenance, and operation services, it added.
SeaRenergy owner Clasen Rickmers said: “The Rickmers family has now decided to – again – actively support the Energy Transition and be a first mover to ensure availability of attractive vessel capacity in 2025 and beyond, when the wind farm projects currently under planning and permitting will be installed and commissioned.
“I am proud to be able to manage the transition of our fleet together with the partners in Windward.
“I am convinced of the potential of this investment and cannot emphasize enough that this strategic move enables us to provide customers and partners with state-of-the-art and future-proof offshore wind tonnage.”
The initial CSOV, created specifically for proficient and sustainable support operations for offshore wind farms, is set to be delivered in 2025.